Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
होतव्यं हविरेवात्र समाप्तिं यास्यति क्रतुः । नान्यथा सत्यमेवोक्तं तवाग्रे चतुरानन
hotavyaṃ havirevātra samāptiṃ yāsyati kratuḥ | nānyathā satyamevoktaṃ tavāgre caturānana
होतव्यं हविरेवात्र, तेन क्रतुः समाप्तिं यास्यति। नान्यथा—सत्यमेवोक्तं तवाग्रे, हे चतुरानन॥
Śiva
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (Caturānana)
Scene: The deity speaks firmly before Brahmā: only the havis-offering here completes the kratu; Brahmā listens with folded hands, the fire steady and bright.
FAQs
Spiritual efficacy depends on fidelity to dharma: correct means and truthful intention complete sacred acts.
Not specified in this verse; it reinforces the authority of proper worship that underlies tīrtha greatness.
A firm rule that the rite reaches completion only by offering the proper havis in the prescribed manner.