Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 173
अग्निरुवाच । अत्रागत्य शुचिः श्राद्धं यः करिष्यति मानवः । आत्मवित्तानुसारेण तस्य यज्ञफलं भवेत्
agniruvāca | atrāgatya śuciḥ śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ | ātmavittānusāreṇa tasya yajñaphalaṃ bhavet
अग्निरुवाच—अत्रागत्य शुचिर्भूत्वा यः कश्चिन्मानवः स्ववित्तानुसारेण श्राद्धं करिष्यति, तस्य यज्ञफलप्राप्तिर्भवेत्।
Agni
Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (as framed in Arbudakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agni as a radiant deity-speaker near a tīrtha, while a pilgrim—freshly bathed—offers śrāddha: kuśa grass, piṇḍas, water libations, and respectful feeding; the atmosphere is orderly and luminous.
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Dharma is accessible: even modest śrāddha, done sincerely and within one’s means at a holy place, yields great spiritual fruit.
The Arbuda-kṣetra tīrtha/āśrama described in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, Arbuda Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 36.
Arrive purified (śuci), then perform śrāddha in proportion to one’s resources (ātma-vitta-anusāreṇa).