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Skandapurana 5.223.31

Skandapurāṇa 5.223.31

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5.223.31

svahastena ca yaddattaṃ pratyakṣalavaṇaṃ nṛpa ..
tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ yāti dhṛte datterddhabhuktake ..
tṛptāñjñātvā tato viprānagre tvannaṃ parikṣipet .. 31 ..

What plain salt is given with one's own hand, O king, / makes that śrāddha futile, if it is given while held and half-consumed. / Knowing the brahmins to be sated, he should then scatter food in front of them:

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