ततः संपूजयेद्विप्रं भोजनाच्छादनादिभिः । दत्त्वाथ दक्षिणां तस्मै वित्तशाठ्यं विवर्जयेत्
tataḥ saṃpūjayedvipraṃ bhojanācchādanādibhiḥ | dattvātha dakṣiṇāṃ tasmai vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet
پھر کھانے، کپڑے وغیرہ سے برہمن کا سمان کرے؛ اور اسے دَکشِنا دے کر مال و دولت کے معاملے میں کنجوسی یا فریب سے بچے۔
Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (deduced; instructional style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After worship, the pilgrim respectfully serves a brāhmaṇa: offering a meal, presenting cloth, and placing dakṣiṇā in his hand with sincerity; the setting remains within the temple/tīrtha precinct.
Austerity and worship should be completed with generosity; dharma is fulfilled when devotion is joined to charity and integrity.
This is a general dharmic injunction within the Śivarātri/vow context; no specific tīrtha is named in the verse.
Feed and clothe a brāhmaṇa and give dakṣiṇā, explicitly avoiding miserliness or cheating in giving.
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