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
When appointed by the father—through filial duty and rite—the Pitṛs, the Ancestors, become present as recipients. In the divine rites the gods become manifest. The best of the twice-born, holding water in his hands for offering, by that very body becomes, in ritual function, as it were the gods.
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.