Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
शास्त्रोक्तं मन्त्रसंयुक्तं होतव्यं पायसं ततः । ततः खड्गं तु संस्नाप्य पंचामृतरसेन वै । पूजयेद्विविधैः पुष्पैर्मंत्रपूर्वं द्विजोत्तमैः
śāstroktaṃ mantrasaṃyuktaṃ hotavyaṃ pāyasaṃ tataḥ | tataḥ khaḍgaṃ tu saṃsnāpya paṃcāmṛtarasena vai | pūjayedvividhaiḥ puṣpairmaṃtrapūrvaṃ dvijottamaiḥ
Then, as taught by scripture and accompanied by mantras, one should offer pāyasa into the fire. After that, having bathed the sword with the essence of pañcāmṛta, the best of the twice-born should worship it with various flowers, preceded by mantra-recitation.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmins offer sweet pāyasa into the blazing homa fire; then a gleaming sword is bathed with pañcāmṛta (milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar-water) and worshiped with varied flowers while mantras are chanted.
FAQs
Dharma is enacted through disciplined worship—offering, purification, and mantra—transforming power into sacred responsibility.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where this prescribed worship is situated within its Māhātmya.
Perform pāyasa homa, bathe the sword with pañcāmṛta, then worship it with flowers and mantras.