Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
वीरुधः सृजता तेन विधिना नृपसत्तम । दर्भास्तु प्रथमं सृष्टाः श्राद्धार्हास्तेन ते स्मृताः
vīrudhaḥ sṛjatā tena vidhinā nṛpasattama | darbhāstu prathamaṃ sṛṣṭāḥ śrāddhārhāstena te smṛtāḥ
ข้าแต่มหาราชผู้ประเสริฐ เมื่อพระผู้กำหนดกฎ (วิธาตา) ทรงสร้างพืชพรรณ หญ้าดัรภะถูกสร้างขึ้นก่อนเป็นอันดับแรก; เพราะเหตุนั้นจึงระลึกกันว่าเหมาะยิ่งสำหรับพิธีศราทธะ (śrāddha)
Skanda (deduced; presence of 'nṛpasattama' indicates instruction to a royal listener; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Listener: nṛpasattama (best of kings)
Scene: A śrāddha setting: a householder or pilgrim sits facing south, arranging darbha grass into seats and pavitra rings beside piṇḍas and water vessels, invoking Pitṛs with calm concentration.
FAQs
Ritual tools are not arbitrary in Purāṇic dharma; their sanctity is grounded in mythic-cosmic origins and tradition (smṛti).
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it is a general śrāddha instruction within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
Use darbha grass in śrāddha, as it is declared śrāddhārha (ritually appropriate).