Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150
क्षीरमूर्जामधु प्रोक्तं वर्तंते तेन देवताः । पितृभिः श्रूयते चापि पुनर्दुग्धा वसुन्धरा
kṣīramūrjāmadhu proktaṃ vartaṃte tena devatāḥ | pitṛbhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā
ទឹកដោះនោះ ត្រូវបានប្រកាសថា ជា «ឱូរជា» និង «មធុ»—កម្លាំងជីវិត និងភាពផ្អែម—ដែលធ្វើឲ្យទេវតាទាំងឡាយរស់រវើក។ ហើយក៏បានឮពីបិត្រឹ (បុព្វបុរស) ថា ផែនដីត្រូវបានបង្ហូរទឹកដោះម្តងទៀត។
Sūta (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas receiving luminous ‘milk’ labeled as ūrjā and madhu; Pitṛs in the background as venerable witnesses, hands in añjali, affirming the repeated milking of Earth; the milk appears as golden-white nectar streams.
FAQs
Sustenance is multi-layered—physical and subtle; even devas depend on ordained ‘nourishment’ (ūrjā, madhu).
The narration belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking ancestral and divine traditions to Prabhāsa’s sacred authority.
No explicit ritual; mention of Pitṛs resonates with śrāddha themes, but no procedure is stated in this verse.