Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
समादाय पितॄंस्तर्प्य यावदग्नौ जुहोति सः । तावद्वह्निः परित्यज्य समस्तमपि भूतलम्
samādāya pitṝṃstarpya yāvadagnau juhoti saḥ | tāvadvahniḥ parityajya samastamapi bhūtalam
তা গ্রহণ করে সে পিতৃগণকে তৃপ্ত করল এবং অগ্নিতে আহুতি দিতে লাগল; যতক্ষণ সে হোম করছিল, ততক্ষণ অগ্নি নিজের স্থান ত্যাগ করে সমগ্র ভূতল জুড়ে বিস্তার করল।
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.