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
咎なき者よ、沐浴の浄め、真言の誦持（ジャパ）、火供（ホーマ）、聖典の自習、祖霊への供養（タルパナ）において怠るな。さらに、聖牛と諸天（デーヴァ）と来客を敬い奉れ。
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.