कर्मांगं नवमं प्रोक्तं दैवकं दशमं स्मृतम् । एकादशं क्षयाहं तु पुष्ट्यर्थे द्वादशं स्मृतम्
karmāṃgaṃ navamaṃ proktaṃ daivakaṃ daśamaṃ smṛtam | ekādaśaṃ kṣayāhaṃ tu puṣṭyarthe dvādaśaṃ smṛtam
Ang ikasiyam ay tinatawag na ‘karmāṅga’ (pantulong sa mga ritwal); ang ikasampu ay inaalala bilang ‘daivaka’ (ukol sa mga diyos). Ang ikalabing-isa ay ‘kṣayāha’ (pang-iwas sa pagkalugi at pagkasira), at ang ikalabing-dalawa ay inaalala bilang ginagawa para sa puṣṭi—pagpapalusog at pagyabong.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa Māhātmya instructional tone)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (continued address)
Scene: A chart-like enumeration of the 9th–12th categories: karmāṅga, daivaka, kṣayāha, puṣṭyartha. Priests arrange four offering sets—one for rite-support, one for devas, one for averting decay, one for nourishment—near a tīrtha altar.
Rituals are purpose-specific: some support other rites, some honor the gods, some counter decline, and some cultivate vitality and well-being.
The classification is taught within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where such dharmic acts are framed as especially meaningful in the Prabhāsa sacred sphere.
It assigns functional purposes to later categories of śrāddha (9th–12th), guiding practitioners on intent: karmāṅga, daivaka, kṣayāha, and puṣṭyartha.
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