Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
समादाय पितॄंस्तर्प्य यावदग्नौ जुहोति सः । तावद्वह्निः परित्यज्य समस्तमपि भूतलम्
samādāya pitṝṃstarpya yāvadagnau juhoti saḥ | tāvadvahniḥ parityajya samastamapi bhūtalam
فأخذه، وأرضى الآباء الأسلاف (Pitṛs) بتقدمة التَّرْپَنة، وشرع يصبّ القرابين في النار؛ غير أنّ النار، ما دام يقدّم تلك القرابين، تركت موضعها وامتدّت على وجه الأرض كلّه.
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacrificer performs pitṛ-tarpaṇa and pours oblations into a blazing altar-fire; the fire suddenly surges outward, racing across the earth like a living being, scorching the ground and sky.
FAQs
Even amid desperation, the sage remembers the Pitṛs and performs offering; the Purāṇa elevates ancestral rites and agni-oblation as enduring pillars of dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Adhyāya 90 narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying the ancestors) and agni-homa/juhoti (offering oblations into fire) are explicitly referenced.