Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
परिप्लुतैः पुंडरीकैर्गव्येन हविषास्फुटैः । सशर्करेण मेधावी सक्षौद्रेण सदाशुचिः
pariplutaiḥ puṃḍarīkairgavyena haviṣāsphuṭaiḥ | saśarkareṇa medhāvī sakṣaudreṇa sadāśuciḥ
সম্পূর্ণ প্রস্ফুটিত শ্বেত পদ্মসহ, শুদ্ধ গব্য ঘৃতকে হবি করে—তাতে শর্করা ও মধু মিশিয়ে—সদা শুচি মেধাবী সাধক আহুতি দিক।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close-up ritual still life: a homa altar with a heap of white lotuses, a golden ghee pot, bowls of sugar crystals and honey; the practitioner, clean and composed, offers with a ladle as flames rise steadily.
FAQs
Outer purity and careful choice of offerings support inner clarity and the efficacy of sacred rites.
The Kāśī setting is implied; this verse primarily details ritual materials rather than a localized tīrtha.
Use white lotuses and pure cow-ghee as oblation, combined with sugar and honey, maintaining constant cleanliness.