Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
एवं मया पुरा दत्तं पितॄ नुद्दिश्य तान्निजान् । नान्यत्किंचिन्मया दत्तं कदाचित्कस्यचिद्विजाः
evaṃ mayā purā dattaṃ pitṝ nuddiśya tānnijān | nānyatkiṃcinmayā dattaṃ kadācitkasyacidvijāḥ
Demikianlah pada masa lampau aku telah memberikan persembahan itu dengan niat kepada Pitṛ milikku sendiri. Wahai para brāhmaṇa, tidak pernah aku memberikan sesuatu yang lain kepada sesiapa pun pada bila-bila masa.
First-person narrator addressing brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ / dvijottamāḥ)
Scene: A narrator confesses before seated brāhmaṇas: he once made a single offering solely for his Pitṛs, emphasizing the exclusivity of that act.
FAQs
The verse underscores unwavering pitṛ-bhakti—directing one’s giving with singular dedication to ancestral duty.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework.
Dāna/food-offering explicitly dedicated (uddiśya) to one’s own pitṛs as part of śrāddha observance.