Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
स्नाने जपे च होमे च स्वाध्याये पितृतर्पणे । गोदेवातिथिपूजासु निरालस्यो भवानघ
snāne jape ca home ca svādhyāye pitṛtarpaṇe | godevātithipūjāsu nirālasyo bhavānagha
Wahai yang tak bercela, janganlah malas dalam mandi suci, japa (pengulangan mantra), homa (persembahan api), svādhyāya, dan tarpaṇa bagi para leluhur; demikian pula dalam memuliakan sapi, para Dewa, dan para tamu.
Unspecified elder/teacher figure in Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (didactic instruction)
Scene: A disciplined householder at dawn: bathing at a riverbank, performing japa with a mālā, tending a small homa-fire, reading a palm-leaf manuscript, offering water to pitṛs, feeding a cow, worshipping a small shrine, and welcoming a guest with water and seat.
FAQs
Dharma is sustained by steady daily practice—ritual discipline, study, ancestor offerings, and reverent hospitality.
None is named; the emphasis is on nitya-karma (daily observances).
Snāna, japa, homa, svādhyāya, pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and pūjā to cow/Deva/guest are explicitly prescribed.