Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
विश्वामित्र उवाच । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽस्मि नृपोत्तम । श्राद्धार्हा नागरा येन नागराणां व्यवस्थिताः । भर्तृयज्ञेन मर्यादा कृता तेषां यथा पुरा
viśvāmitra uvāca | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi nṛpottama | śrāddhārhā nāgarā yena nāgarāṇāṃ vyavasthitāḥ | bhartṛyajñena maryādā kṛtā teṣāṃ yathā purā
Viśvāmitra disse: Ó melhor dos reis, tudo isto te foi explicado conforme me perguntaste—como os Nāgaras são tidos por dignos do śrāddha e como os Nāgaras são devidamente ordenados. O limite de sua conduta foi estabelecido pelo Bhartṛyajña, como nos tempos antigos.
Viśvāmitra
Listener: Nṛpottama (unnamed king)
Scene: Viśvāmitra, seated as a venerable ṛṣi, concludes a formal exposition to a king; the atmosphere is juridical-sacral—like a dharma-assembly—invoking the ancient precedent of Bhartṛyajña establishing communal boundaries.
FAQs
Dharma is transmitted through authoritative tradition; eligibility for sacred rites is safeguarded by time-tested boundaries of conduct.
No distinct tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves as a concluding doctrinal summary within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
It affirms the established criteria by which Nāgaras are considered śrāddhārha, grounded in the precedent of Bhartṛyajña.