Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
छन्दोगं भोजयेच्छ्राद्धे वैश्वदेवे च बह्वृचम् । पुष्टिकर्मण्यथाध्वर्युं शान्तिकर्मण्यथर्वणम्
chandogaṃ bhojayecchrāddhe vaiśvadeve ca bahvṛcam | puṣṭikarmaṇyathādhvaryuṃ śāntikarmaṇyatharvaṇam
श्राद्धात छन्दोगास भोजन द्यावे, वैश्वदेवात बह्वृचास; पुष्टिकर्मात अध्वर्यूस, आणि शान्तिकर्मात अथर्वण पुरोहितास.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual dining setting: four learned brāhmaṇas identifiable by Vedic emblems/manuscripts—Sāma (Chāndoga), Ṛg (Bahvṛc), Yajur (Adhvaryu), Atharva (Atharvan)—seated on kuśa mats as the yajamāna offers food in a śrāddha pavilion near a sacred site.
FAQs
Ritual hospitality is not generic; offerings are refined by matching the rite with the appropriate Vedic expertise.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a place where Vedic-aligned śrāddha and domestic rites are to be performed correctly.
Feed specific Vedic specialists according to the rite: Chāndoga for śrāddha, Bahvṛc for vaiśvadeva, Adhvaryu for puṣṭi, and Atharvan for śānti.