Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
ऋषयो ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे कथं व्यर्थो भविष्यति । अपरं शृणु मे वाक्यं ब्रह्मर्षे ब्रह्मणस्पते
ṛṣayo brāhmaṇāḥ sarve kathaṃ vyartho bhaviṣyati | aparaṃ śṛṇu me vākyaṃ brahmarṣe brahmaṇaspate
सर्व ऋषी व ब्राह्मण येथे उपस्थित आहेत—यज्ञ व्यर्थ कसा होईल? हे ब्रह्मर्षे, हे ब्रह्मणस्पते, माझे आणखी एक वचन ऐका।
Vāmana (continued)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmarṣi addressed; also implicitly the assembly
Scene: A ring of sages and brāhmaṇas around the fire; the speaker gestures toward them, asserting the yajña cannot be fruitless; invocation-like address to Brahmaṇaspati.
FAQs
The presence of realized sages and dharmic officiants safeguards ritual fruit; sacred community sustains sacred action.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, portrayed as a locus where ṛṣis and brāhmaṇas gather, amplifying yajña’s sanctity.
Implicitly affirms the necessity of ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas for yajña validity; no specific dāna or vrata is stated here.