Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 173
अग्निरुवाच । अत्रागत्य शुचिः श्राद्धं यः करिष्यति मानवः । आत्मवित्तानुसारेण तस्य यज्ञफलं भवेत्
agniruvāca | atrāgatya śuciḥ śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ | ātmavittānusāreṇa tasya yajñaphalaṃ bhavet
അഗ്നി അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഇവിടെ വന്ന് ശുദ്ധനായി, തന്റെ ശേഷിയനുസരിച്ച് ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യന് യജ്ഞഫലം ലഭിക്കും.
Agni
Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (as framed in Arbudakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agni as a radiant deity-speaker near a tīrtha, while a pilgrim—freshly bathed—offers śrāddha: kuśa grass, piṇḍas, water libations, and respectful feeding; the atmosphere is orderly and luminous.
FAQs
Dharma is accessible: even modest śrāddha, done sincerely and within one’s means at a holy place, yields great spiritual fruit.
The Arbuda-kṣetra tīrtha/āśrama described in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, Arbuda Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 36.
Arrive purified (śuci), then perform śrāddha in proportion to one’s resources (ātma-vitta-anusāreṇa).