Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
समादाय पितॄंस्तर्प्य यावदग्नौ जुहोति सः । तावद्वह्निः परित्यज्य समस्तमपि भूतलम्
samādāya pitṝṃstarpya yāvadagnau juhoti saḥ | tāvadvahniḥ parityajya samastamapi bhūtalam
Dengan mengambilnya, dia mempersembahkan tarpaṇa untuk memuaskan para Pitṛ (leluhur), lalu mula menuang persembahan ke dalam api. Namun selama dia melakukan oblation itu, api meninggalkan tempatnya dan merebak ke seluruh permukaan bumi.
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacrificer performs pitṛ-tarpaṇa and pours oblations into a blazing altar-fire; the fire suddenly surges outward, racing across the earth like a living being, scorching the ground and sky.
FAQs
Even amid desperation, the sage remembers the Pitṛs and performs offering; the Purāṇa elevates ancestral rites and agni-oblation as enduring pillars of dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Adhyāya 90 narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying the ancestors) and agni-homa/juhoti (offering oblations into fire) are explicitly referenced.