Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
दधिभिः सह संमिश्रं पिण्डं यस्तु प्रदापयेत् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विधिवद्दक्षिणामुखः
dadhibhiḥ saha saṃmiśraṃ piṇḍaṃ yastu pradāpayet | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhivaddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
यो दधिभिः सह सम्मिश्रं पिण्डं प्रदापयेत्; तस्मिन् तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विधिवत् दक्षिणामुखः स्यात् (कर्मणि)।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Implied Bhārata
Scene: A devotee freshly bathed sits on darbha mat at the riverbank, clearly oriented south; a small compass-like cue (sun path) indicates direction; he offers a curd-mixed piṇḍa on a leaf-plate while a priest instructs.
FAQs
Purāṇic practice emphasizes both sacred place and correct procedure: tīrtha-snāna and vidhivat performance together make the rite efficacious.
“That tīrtha” refers to the tīrtha under discussion in this passage—within the Dadhiskanda/Madhuskanda sequence of Revākhaṇḍa.
After bathing at the tīrtha, offer a curd-mixed piṇḍa while facing south, following proper ritual rules.