Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
पशुयोनिगता ये च ये च कीटसरी सृपाः । अथवा वृक्षयोनिस्थास्तेभ्यः पिंडं ददाम्यहम्
paśuyonigatā ye ca ye ca kīṭasarī sṛpāḥ | athavā vṛkṣayonisthāstebhyaḥ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham
وكذلك لِمَن دخلوا أرحام الحيوان، ولِمَن صاروا حشراتٍ أو زواحفَ ودبيبًا—بل حتى مَن استقرّوا في مولد الأشجار—لهم أقدّم هذا البيṇḍa.
Ritual declaration by the performer (universal dedication beyond human birth)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa’s shore/riverbank prepares rice piṇḍas on darbha, offering them with a wide, compassionate gesture that symbolically reaches animals, insects, serpents, and trees; subtle forms of these yonis appear as faint silhouettes receiving the offering.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma recognizes rebirth across many forms and encourages expansive compassion through ritual intention.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the rite is presented as capable of benefiting beings across varied births.
Dedicate piṇḍa offerings broadly, including to departed beings who may have taken non-human births.