Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
वत्स गच्छ गृहं त्वं च अग्निहोत्रादिकाः क्रियाः । पालयस्व विधानेन पत्न्या सह न संशयः
vatsa gaccha gṛhaṃ tvaṃ ca agnihotrādikāḥ kriyāḥ | pālayasva vidhānena patnyā saha na saṃśayaḥ
“Dear child, go now to your home, and duly maintain the rites beginning with the Agnihotra, together with your wife—of this there is no doubt.”
Gautama
Scene: Gautama instructs Uttaṅka with a gentle, authoritative gesture, pointing toward the path home; in the background, a small sacred fire altar suggests agnihotra continuity and domestic sanctity.
FAQs
After study and service, one should enter household life responsibly, sustaining daily sacred duties in an orderly way.
No single tīrtha is praised in this line; the teaching is dharma-centered within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative frame.
Agnihotra and related daily rites are to be performed according to proper procedure, along with one’s wife.