Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 148
अग्निहोत्रपरा विप्रास्त्रिकालं होमदायिनः । स्वर्गं ते तु गमिष्यंति एकविंशतिभिः कुलैः
agnihotraparā viprāstrikālaṃ homadāyinaḥ | svargaṃ te tu gamiṣyaṃti ekaviṃśatibhiḥ kulaiḥ
अग्निहोत्रनिष्ठा ये विप्राः त्रिकालं होमं ददति, ते खलु एकविंशतिपूर्वैः कुलैः सह स्वर्गं गमिष्यन्ति।
Gāyatrī (personified Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A line of agnihotrin brāhmaṇas at Prabhāsa tending three daily offerings: dawn, noon, dusk; flames rise from a śrauta altar as ancestors appear subtly in the background, signifying twenty-one generations uplifted.
FAQs
Steady daily sacrifice (Agnihotra) supports both personal elevation and the welfare of one’s lineage.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya these fire-ritual merits are proclaimed.
Agnihotra and tri-kāla homa (offerings at three daily times).