Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
मधूकं रामठं चैव कर्पूरं मरिचं गुडम् । श्राद्धकर्मणि शस्तानि सैंधवं त्रपुसं तथा
madhūkaṃ rāmaṭhaṃ caiva karpūraṃ maricaṃ guḍam | śrāddhakarmaṇi śastāni saiṃdhavaṃ trapusaṃ tathā
मधूक, रामठ, कर्पूर, मिरी व गूळ—हे श्राद्धकर्मात प्रशस्त आहेत; तसेच सैंधव मीठ व त्रपुसही.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A śrāddha kitchen/ritual prep: bowls of jaggery and rock salt, black pepper, aromatic substances, and vegetables; a brass plate for offerings; camphor kept for fragrance; the yajamāna’s household prepares sattvic food for brāhmaṇa-bhojana.
FAQs
Dharma values appropriateness: certain pure, sattvic ingredients are traditionally esteemed for ancestral offerings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the śrāddha menu and materials are described as part of the sacred tradition of the place.
Use praised ingredients for śrāddha preparations, including madhūka, rāmaṭha, camphor, pepper, jaggery, rock-salt, and trapusa.