Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
कुशैस्तु प्रतिमां कृत्वा तीर्थवारिषु मज्जयेत् । यमुद्दिश्य महादेवि अष्टभागं लभेत सः
kuśaistu pratimāṃ kṛtvā tīrthavāriṣu majjayet | yamuddiśya mahādevi aṣṭabhāgaṃ labheta saḥ
ହେ ମହାଦେବୀ! କୁଶ ଘାସରେ ପ୍ରତିମା ତିଆରି କରି ତୀର୍ଥଜଳରେ ଯାହାଙ୍କୁ ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ କରି ମଜ୍ଜନ କରାଯାଏ, ସେ ପୁଣ୍ୟର ଅଷ୍ଟମାଂଶ ଲାଭ କରେ।
Skanda (as narrator; vocative indicates address to Devī within the narrative)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (addressed)
Scene: A devotee at Prabhāsa shapes a small effigy from kuśa grass, holds it reverently, then immerses it in sacred water while invoking the Goddess and dedicating merit to an absent person.
FAQs
Tīrtha-rites can be performed symbolically and dedicatively, extending benefit through intention and ritual form.
The tīrtha waters of Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as praised in this māhātmya.
Make a kuśa-grass effigy (pratimā) and immerse it in tīrtha-water with a dedicatory intention (saṅkalpa).