Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
नित्यं शक्त्या नरो राजन्पयोऽन्नैश्च पृथग्विधैः । तथान्यैर्वस्त्रनैवेद्यैः पुष्पगन्धानुलेपनैः
nityaṃ śaktyā naro rājanpayo'nnaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ | tathānyairvastranaivedyaiḥ puṣpagandhānulepanaiḥ
اے بادشاہ! انسان کو اپنی استطاعت کے مطابق روزانہ دودھ اور طرح طرح کے کھانوں سے، اور دیگر نذرانوں سے—کپڑے، نَیویدیہ، پھول، خوشبو اور لیپ—پِتروں کی تعظیم کرنی چاہیے۔
Unknown (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrator addressing a king; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Listener: rājan (king)
Scene: A ritual arrangement: milk, assorted foods, cloth, naivedya plates, flowers, incense/fragrance, and unguents laid out; the practitioner offers them with composed devotion while the king receives instruction.
FAQs
Ancestral reverence is a daily discipline, to be practiced sincerely within one’s means.
Not specified in this verse; the emphasis is on the śrāddha/tarpaṇa regimen within a tīrtha-mahātmya discourse.
Daily offerings to the Pitṛs: milk, varied foods, garments, naivedya, flowers, scents, and anointing substances.