Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 89
या वै यवानां कणिकाः पतंति धरणीतले । ताभिराप्यायनं तेषां ये तु देवत्वमागताः
yā vai yavānāṃ kaṇikāḥ pataṃti dharaṇītale | tābhirāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye tu devatvamāgatāḥ
Y cualesquiera granos de cebada (yava) que caigan sobre la tierra—por ellos hay sustento y fortalecimiento para los antepasados que han alcanzado el estado de dioses.
Unspecified (continuation of offering-merit explanations)
Tirtha: Dharmakūpa (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: During śrāddha, barley grains scatter onto the ground; in a symbolic celestial overlay, radiant pitṛs in deva-like form receive strengthening.
FAQs
Offerings are never ‘wasted’ in a sacred context; even small remnants are framed as spiritually efficacious.
The ongoing context is the Dharmāraṇya/Dharmakūpa ritual sphere, though the verse itself highlights the offering substance (yava).
Barley grains associated with rites— even those that fall to the ground—are said to provide invigoration to ancestors in divine states.