ततो निःक्षत्रिये लोके कृत्वा हयमखं च सः । प्रायच्छत्सकलामुर्वीं ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च दक्षिणाम्
tato niḥkṣatriye loke kṛtvā hayamakhaṃ ca saḥ | prāyacchatsakalāmurvīṃ brāhmaṇebhyaśca dakṣiṇām
پھر جب دنیا کشتریوں سے خالی ہو گئی تو اُس نے اشومیدھ یَجْن کیا، اور پوری زمین بھی اور دکشنا (نذرانۂ پجاری) بھی برہمنوں کو عطا کر دی۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Aśvamedha setting: sacrificial enclosure, horse with ceremonial ornaments, priests chanting; Paraśurāma offers the earth symbolically—maps/soil in a golden vessel—along with dakṣiṇā to brāhmaṇas.
Ritual power is completed by generosity: yajña is paired with dāna and dakṣiṇā, affirming the Purāṇic ethic of redistribution and humility.
The chapter’s sacred setting remains tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya the narrative unfolds.
Performance of hayamakha (Aśvamedha) and the giving of dakṣiṇā—along with the gifting of land/earth to brāhmaṇas.