Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 111
दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकानि हुत्वा हविर्हुताशने । अग्निष्टोमादिकान्यज्ञान्हयमेधादिकान्बहून् । चकार विधिवद्राजा गजस्तत्र समाहितः
dattvā dānānyanekāni hutvā havirhutāśane | agniṣṭomādikānyajñānhayamedhādikānbahūn | cakāra vidhivadrājā gajastatra samāhitaḥ
Après avoir accordé de nombreux dons et versé les oblations (havis) dans le feu du sacrifice, le roi Gaja—l’esprit parfaitement recueilli en ce lieu sacré—accomplit selon la règle maints sacrifices, tels l’Agniṣṭoma et bien d’autres, y compris l’Aśvamedha.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrative style in Māhātmya sections)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacrificial arena at the tīrtha: three sacred fires, priests chanting, King Gaja offering ghee with a ladle; piles of gifts—cows, gold, cloth—arranged for donation; banners and a horse symbolizing Aśvamedha in the background; the king’s face calm and focused.
FAQs
Merit at a holy kṣetra is intensified through disciplined charity and Vedic sacrifice performed with a steady, focused mind.
Vastrāpathakṣetra, praised within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa as a powerful field for ritual merit and spiritual attainment.
Dāna (gifts/charity) and homa (oblations into fire), along with major śrauta yajñas such as Agniṣṭoma and Aśvamedha, performed vidhivat (per scriptural rule).