Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48
सर्वाश्चाहुतयोऽप्येवं ग्रासाश्चांद्रायणेपि च । प्रागास्य उदगास्यो वा सूपविष्टः शुचौ भुवि
sarvāścāhutayo'pyevaṃ grāsāścāṃdrāyaṇepi ca | prāgāsya udagāsyo vā sūpaviṣṭaḥ śucau bhuvi
അതുപോലെ എല്ലാ ആഹുതികളും ചാന്ദ്രായണ വ്രതത്തിലെ ഗ്രാസങ്ങളും ശുചിയായ ഭൂമിയിൽ ശരിയായി ഇരുന്ന്, കിഴക്കോട്ടോ വടക്കോട്ടോ മുഖം തിരിച്ച് നിർവഹിക്കണം.
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (Dharmāraṇya instructional passage; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Scene: A votary seated on purified ground performs homa; beside him a small lunar calendar motif indicates Cāndrāyaṇa mouthful-count discipline; he faces east/north.
FAQs
Ritual acts and vows gain clarity and merit when performed with bodily discipline, purity, and correct orientation.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse gives general ritual protocol.
For āhuti and for eating the regulated grāsas of Cāndrāyaṇa, sit properly on clean ground facing east or north.