Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
तस्य यज्ञस्य सिद्ध्यर्थमित्येते षोडशर्त्विजः । वस्त्राभरणशोभाढ्या विनयेन कृताश्च ते
tasya yajñasya siddhyarthamityete ṣoḍaśartvijaḥ | vastrābharaṇaśobhāḍhyā vinayena kṛtāśca te
ఆ యజ్ఞసిద్ధి కొరకు ఈ పదహారు ఋత్వికులు నియమితులయ్యారు—శ్రేష్ఠ వస్త్రాభరణాలతో ప్రకాశిస్తూ, వినయశీలతతో సమన్వితులై।
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta’s narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: All sixteen ṛtviks assembled in orderly formation around the vedi, wearing fine garments and ornaments yet bowing with humility; the atmosphere is disciplined and luminous, suggesting the rite’s imminent success.
FAQs
Outer splendor must be joined to inner vinaya; ritual success depends on both correct order and ethical refinement.
The verse supports the kṣetra-māhātmya by showing a yajña properly established in the sacred locale; the named tīrtha is identified in the surrounding narrative.
The standard śrauta framework of sixteen officiants (ṣoḍaśa-ṛtvij) is affirmed as necessary for siddhi of the yajña.
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