Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
हूयंतामग्निहोत्राणि देवताः सर्वदा द्विजाः । इज्यंतां विविधैर्यागैः क्रियतां पितृपूजनम्
hūyaṃtāmagnihotrāṇi devatāḥ sarvadā dvijāḥ | ijyaṃtāṃ vividhairyāgaiḥ kriyatāṃ pitṛpūjanam
हे द्विजहो, अग्निहोत्रांचे हवन होवो आणि देवतांची सदैव पूजा होवो। विविध याग केले जावोत व पितृपूजन विधिपूर्वक केले जावो।
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijāḥ / brāhmaṇas addressed directly
Scene: Brāhmaṇas tending sacred fires at dawn, offering oblations; nearby, a shrine with lamps and flowers; a separate rite of pitṛ-pūjā with water offerings and kuśa grass, all within the sacred city.
FAQs
Sustained dharma—fire-rites, deity worship, and honoring ancestors—purifies life and anchors spiritual progress.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as a place where Vedic and ancestral rites flourish and bear merit.
Agnihotra, regular devatā-pūjā, varied yajñas, and pitṛ-pūjana (ancestral honoring).