Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
पितुर्नियुक्ताः पितरो भवंति क्रियासु दैवीषु भवंति देवाः । द्विजोत्तमा हस्तनिषक्ततोयास्तेनैव देहेन भवंति देवाः
piturniyuktāḥ pitaro bhavaṃti kriyāsu daivīṣu bhavaṃti devāḥ | dvijottamā hastaniṣaktatoyāstenaiva dehena bhavaṃti devāḥ
পিতৃ-আজ্ঞা তথা পুত্ৰধৰ্ম অনুসাৰে পিতৃসকল ক্ৰিয়াত উপস্থিত হৈ গ্ৰাহক হয়; দেৱীয় ক্ৰিয়াত দেৱতাসকল সন্মুখ হয়। হাতে জল ধৰি অৰ্ঘ্য দিয়া দ্বিজোত্তম সেই একে দেহে যজ্ঞত দেৱ-সদৃশ হয়।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-group typical purāṇic frame)
Scene: A dvija in white, seated on kuśa grass at a seaside/riverbank tīrtha of Prabhāsa, holding water in cupped palms, invoking pitṛs and devatās; subtle divine presences appear above the ritual space.
FAQs
Ritual duty makes the unseen present: Pitṛs and devas are accessed through properly performed rites led by the twice-born.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where tarpaṇa and other rites are framed as especially potent within the tīrtha-mahātmya.
Water offerings held in the hand (tarpaṇa-style offering) within divine rites, implying pitṛ and deva propitiation.