Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
शास्त्रोक्तं मन्त्रसंयुक्तं होतव्यं पायसं ततः । ततः खड्गं तु संस्नाप्य पंचामृतरसेन वै । पूजयेद्विविधैः पुष्पैर्मंत्रपूर्वं द्विजोत्तमैः
śāstroktaṃ mantrasaṃyuktaṃ hotavyaṃ pāyasaṃ tataḥ | tataḥ khaḍgaṃ tu saṃsnāpya paṃcāmṛtarasena vai | pūjayedvividhaiḥ puṣpairmaṃtrapūrvaṃ dvijottamaiḥ
Então, conforme ensina a śāstra e acompanhado de mantras, deve-se oferecer pāyasa ao fogo. Depois, tendo banhado a espada com a essência do pañcāmṛta, o melhor dos duas-vezes-nascidos deve venerá-la com flores variadas, precedido pela recitação de mantras.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmins offer sweet pāyasa into the blazing homa fire; then a gleaming sword is bathed with pañcāmṛta (milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar-water) and worshiped with varied flowers while mantras are chanted.
FAQs
Dharma is enacted through disciplined worship—offering, purification, and mantra—transforming power into sacred responsibility.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where this prescribed worship is situated within its Māhātmya.
Perform pāyasa homa, bathe the sword with pañcāmṛta, then worship it with flowers and mantras.