Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120
नक्षत्राणां ग्रहाणां च वाय्वग्न्योश्च पितॄनपि । द्यावापृथिव्योश्च सदा नमस्यामि कृताञ्जलिः
nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahāṇāṃ ca vāyvagnyośca pitṝnapi | dyāvāpṛthivyośca sadā namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ
கைகூப்பி நான் எப்போதும் நட்சத்திரங்களையும் கிரகங்களையும், வாயுவையும் அக்னியையும், பித்ருக்களையும், மேலும் த்யாவா–பிருதிவி எனும் வானமும் பூமியையும் வணங்குகிறேன்।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee at Prabhāsa offers añjali while the sky shows a band of nakṣatras and grahas; vāyu is suggested by flowing garments and bending trees, agni by a small sacred flame; heaven and earth are personified as vast presences.
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Śrāddha begins with humility: honoring cosmic order and the Pitṛs aligns one’s rite with dharma and gratitude.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially in the context of rites performed at the Sarasvatī–ocean confluence.
A formal salutation (namaskāra) with joined palms as part of the preparatory invocations for ancestral rites.