Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99
एवमुक्त्वा स विप्रेंद्रस्तेनैव सहितस्तदा । नागह्रदं समासाद्य श्राद्धे वै भुक्तवानथ
evamuktvā sa vipreṃdrastenaiva sahitastadā | nāgahradaṃ samāsādya śrāddhe vai bhuktavānatha
یوں کہہ کر وہ برہمنوں میں سردار، اسی کے ساتھ اُس وقت ناگہرد پہنچا، اور وہاں شرادھ کے کرم میں بھوجن کیا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta continuing the account)
Tirtha: Nāgahrada
Type: kund
Scene: Devaśarman and the king arrive at Nāgahrada; the śrāddha setting is arranged near the water; Devaśarman sits to partake of the ritual meal while attendants hold water pots and kuśa.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes fruitful when joined with pitṛ-dharma—performing śrāddha at a praised tīrtha completes one’s duty to ancestors.
Nāgahrada, presented as a potent tīrtha where śrāddha is efficacious.
Śrāddha is being performed, culminating in the brāhmaṇa’s ritual meal (the accepted completion of the rite).