Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तिलोऽसि सोमदैवत्यो गोसवे देवनिर्मितः । प्रत्नवद्भिः पृक्तः स्वधया पितॄनिमांल्लोकान्प्रीणाहि नः स्वधेति प्रक्षिपेत्तिलान्
tilo'si somadaivatyo gosave devanirmitaḥ | pratnavadbhiḥ pṛktaḥ svadhayā pitṝnimāṃllokānprīṇāhi naḥ svadheti prakṣipettilān
En récitant : « Tu es le sésame, dont la divinité est Soma ; créé par les dieux pour le sacrifice gosava ; mêlé aux Anciens par la svadhā — ô Svadhā, rassasie nos Pitṛs dans ces mondes », qu’on jette alors des graines de sésame dans l’offrande.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: ghat
Scene: The performer pinches black sesame seeds and lets them fall into the arghya offering while chanting a long svadhā-laden mantra; a faint moon-symbol (Soma) motif appears in the background to signify the sesame’s deity.
FAQs
Offerings carry symbolic power: tila, sanctified by Soma and svadhā, becomes a vehicle to nourish and please the ancestors.
The verse focuses on pitṛ-rite materials (tila) rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
Chant the tila-mantra invoking Soma and Svadhā, then cast sesame seeds as part of the Pitṛ offering.