Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 111
दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकानि हुत्वा हविर्हुताशने । अग्निष्टोमादिकान्यज्ञान्हयमेधादिकान्बहून् । चकार विधिवद्राजा गजस्तत्र समाहितः
dattvā dānānyanekāni hutvā havirhutāśane | agniṣṭomādikānyajñānhayamedhādikānbahūn | cakāra vidhivadrājā gajastatra samāhitaḥ
Nachdem er vielerlei Gaben gespendet und die Opfergaben (havis) in das Opferfeuer dargebracht hatte, vollzog König Gaja — in jenem heiligen Ort geistig gesammelt — vorschriftsgemäß zahlreiche Opfer wie das Agniṣṭoma und viele andere, darunter auch das Aśvamedha.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrative style in Māhātmya sections)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacrificial arena at the tīrtha: three sacred fires, priests chanting, King Gaja offering ghee with a ladle; piles of gifts—cows, gold, cloth—arranged for donation; banners and a horse symbolizing Aśvamedha in the background; the king’s face calm and focused.
FAQs
Merit at a holy kṣetra is intensified through disciplined charity and Vedic sacrifice performed with a steady, focused mind.
Vastrāpathakṣetra, praised within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa as a powerful field for ritual merit and spiritual attainment.
Dāna (gifts/charity) and homa (oblations into fire), along with major śrauta yajñas such as Agniṣṭoma and Aśvamedha, performed vidhivat (per scriptural rule).