Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48
सर्वाश्चाहुतयोऽप्येवं ग्रासाश्चांद्रायणेपि च । प्रागास्य उदगास्यो वा सूपविष्टः शुचौ भुवि
sarvāścāhutayo'pyevaṃ grāsāścāṃdrāyaṇepi ca | prāgāsya udagāsyo vā sūpaviṣṭaḥ śucau bhuvi
وكذلك جميع القرابين المُلقاة في النار (آهوتي)، وحتى اللقمات في نذر تشاندرايانا، ينبغي أن تُؤدَّى مع الجلوس على أرضٍ طاهرة جلوسًا لائقًا، والوجه إلى الشرق أو إلى الشمال.
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (Dharmāraṇya instructional passage; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Scene: A votary seated on purified ground performs homa; beside him a small lunar calendar motif indicates Cāndrāyaṇa mouthful-count discipline; he faces east/north.
FAQs
Ritual acts and vows gain clarity and merit when performed with bodily discipline, purity, and correct orientation.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse gives general ritual protocol.
For āhuti and for eating the regulated grāsas of Cāndrāyaṇa, sit properly on clean ground facing east or north.