Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
अतः परं कर्मशेषं किंचिदस्ति पितामह । वारुणेष्टिर्जपश्चैव तत्करिष्यामि सांप्रतम्
ataḥ paraṃ karmaśeṣaṃ kiṃcidasti pitāmaha | vāruṇeṣṭirjapaścaiva tatkariṣyāmi sāṃpratam
“اب بتائیے، اے پِتامہ (برہما)! کیا کرم کا کچھ حصہ ابھی باقی ہے؟ وارُنی اِشٹی اور مقررہ جپ بھی—میں انہیں اسی وقت ادا کروں گا۔”
Pulastya (addressing Brahmā as Pitāmaha)
Listener: Brahmā (addressed as Pitāmaha)
Scene: A priestly figure (Pulastya) stands before Brahmā, requesting instruction on any remaining ritual duties; he names the Vāruṇī Iṣṭi and japa, ready to act immediately—an image of disciplined ritual resolve.
FAQs
Dharma is fulfilled by completing even the ‘remaining’ portions of a rite—devotion persists beyond the main ceremony through offerings and japa.
The verse belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya ritual narrative; the tīrtha is implied through the avabhṛtha/water-rite setting rather than named here.
Performance of Vāruṇī Iṣṭi (Varuṇa-related oblation) and japa (mantra repetition) as concluding duties.