Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20
विप्रा उदङ्मुखाः कार्याः स्वयं वै दक्षिणामुखः । दर्भेषु निक्षिपेदन्नमित्युच्चार्य द्विजाग्रतः
viprā udaṅmukhāḥ kāryāḥ svayaṃ vai dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ | darbheṣu nikṣipedannamityuccārya dvijāgrataḥ
विप्राः उदङ्मुखाः कार्याः, कर्ता तु स्वयं दक्षिणामुखः। द्विजाग्रतः दर्भेष्वन्नं निक्षिपेद् इति ‘दर्भेषु निक्षिपाम्यन्नम्’ इत्युच्चार्य।
Vyāsa (in dialogue with Yudhiṣṭhira) [deduced]
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A formal śrāddha tableau: Brāhmaṇas seated on darbha mats facing the river’s northern line; the yajamāna sits opposite facing south; a strip of darbha holds the placed food; the moment of utterance is captured with raised right hand and focused gaze.
FAQs
Ritual efficacy in śrāddha depends on disciplined observance of prescribed forms and sacred orientation.
The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha milieu, where these śrāddha rites are taught.
Directional seating (vipras north-facing, performer south-facing) and placing food on darbha with a formal utterance.