Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11
कथितं धर्मपुत्रेण लोकानां हितकाम्यया । विना अन्नैर्विना दर्भैर्विना चासनमेव वा
kathitaṃ dharmaputreṇa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | vinā annairvinā darbhairvinā cāsanameva vā
Dharmaputra l’a proclamé, par désir du bien des êtres : cela est efficace même sans offrandes de nourriture, sans herbe darbha, et même sans siège.
Sūta (deduced; reporting Dharmaputra’s statement)
Tirtha: Dharma-vāpī (implied) / Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira) compassionately instructs common people—ascetics, householders, the poor—near a forest tīrtha, indicating that offerings can be simple and still efficacious.
FAQs
In a supremely sacred place, sincerity and dharmic intent can make rites effective even when materials are lacking.
Dharmāraṇya (context), where ritual efficacy is described as accessible and simplified.
That the relevant rite/recitation can be performed even without anna (food), darbha, or an āsana (seat).