Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
वृष्टिः स्यादूषरे यद्वत्सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम् । अंधस्याग्रे यथा नृत्यं प्रगीतं बधिरस्य च । तथा च व्यर्थतां याति अन्यस्थानोद्भवैर्द्विजैः
vṛṣṭiḥ syādūṣare yadvatsatyametanmayoditam | aṃdhasyāgre yathā nṛtyaṃ pragītaṃ badhirasya ca | tathā ca vyarthatāṃ yāti anyasthānodbhavairdvijaiḥ
جیسے بنجر زمین پر بارش—یہی سچ میں نے کہا؛ اور جیسے اندھے کے سامنے رقص، یا بہرے کے لیے گیت—اسی طرح دوسرے مقام کے پیدا شدہ برہمنوں کے ساتھ کیا گیا (شرادھ) بھی بے فائدہ ہو جاتا ہے۔
Viśvāmitra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Three metaphor vignettes around the main ritual: rain falling on cracked barren earth; a dancer performing before a blind man; a singer before a deaf man—then the śrāddha with non-local priests shown as similarly ‘unreceived’.
FAQs
Sacred rites depend on context-sensitive dharma (sthāna-dharma); ignoring it can nullify the intended spiritual effect.
The Gayākūpī-associated tīrtha framework, stressing that its śrāddha tradition relies on locally rooted officiants.
Avoid conducting the rite with brāhmaṇas from other places (anyasthānodbhava), as it is said to become ineffective.