Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
यज्ञभागं लभंते स्म कच्चिद्देवाः सवासवाः । कच्चिन्न दानवः कश्चिदुत्कटोऽभूद्धरातले
yajñabhāgaṃ labhaṃte sma kacciddevāḥ savāsavāḥ | kaccinna dānavaḥ kaścidutkaṭo'bhūddharātale
“เหล่าเทวะพร้อมด้วยวาสวะ (อินทรา) ยังได้รับส่วนแห่งยัญญะอันควรอยู่หรือไม่? และบนพื้นพิภพยังมิได้มีทานวะผู้ดุร้ายอุบัติขึ้นใช่หรือ?”
Bhagavān (Viṣṇu/Keśava)
Listener: muniśreṣṭha (contextually the reporting sage)
Scene: Bhagavān continues questioning: are devas receiving yajña portions, and has any fierce daṇava manifested on earth—an image of ritual fires and celestial concern juxtaposed with terrestrial threat.
FAQs
Maintaining yajña-order (rightful offerings and balance) is linked with the containment of destructive forces.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
It references yajñabhāga (sacrificial shares) as an established dharmic norm, not a step-by-step ritual.