Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
तिलैराज्याप्लुतैर्होमः कर्त्तव्यः प्रत्यहं नरैः । होमार्थं सेवयेद्वह्निं न शीतार्थं कदाचन
tilairājyāplutairhomaḥ karttavyaḥ pratyahaṃ naraiḥ | homārthaṃ sevayedvahniṃ na śītārthaṃ kadācana
Kaum lelaki hendaklah melakukan homa setiap hari dengan biji bijan yang direndam dalam ghee. Api suci hendaklah dipelihara demi homa, dan jangan sekali-kali semata-mata untuk menghalau kesejukan.
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (vrata regimen)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa audience / householders by implication
Scene: A small homa-kuṇḍa burns steadily; a devotee offers ghee-drenched sesame into the flames each day. The fire is tended carefully with ritual implements, while winter cold is present but the devotee refrains from using the sacred fire for warmth.
FAQs
Ritual acts must be intention-pure: sacred fire is to be served as worship, not as a tool for personal comfort.
The practices are given within the Dvārakā–Gomatī tīrtha framework of the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Perform daily homa using sesame soaked in ghee, and keep the fire solely for homa purposes.