Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
स्वाहा स्वधा च सुश्रोणि त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । अहमिष्टो महायज्ञः पूर्वो यज्ञस्त्वमुच्यसे
svāhā svadhā ca suśroṇi tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | ahamiṣṭo mahāyajñaḥ pūrvo yajñastvamucyase
ឱ នារីចង្កេះស្រស់ស្អាត អ្នកគឺ ស្វាហា និង ស្វធា; សព្វអ្វីទាំងអស់បានតាំងស្ថិតនៅក្នុងអ្នក។ ខ្ញុំគឺ អិឋិ និង មហាយជ្ញៈ; ហើយអ្នកត្រូវបានហៅថា យជ្ញៈដើមកំណើតផ្ទាល់។
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī stands as a cosmic pillar with two streams of offerings: one rising as svāhā into a bright sacrificial flame toward devas, another flowing as svadhā toward ancestral figures; Śiva appears as the great yajña itself, encompassing the scene.
FAQs
All offerings—to devas and ancestors alike—stand upon the sustaining divine power; worship is rooted in the primordial yajña.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa elevates ritual acts into a vision of cosmic foundations.
The verse references svāhā and svadhā, pointing to deva-yajña and pitṛ-yajña as legitimate and supported rites.