Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
पायसं गुडसंयुक्तं हविष्यं च गुडप्लुतम् । नमो वः पितरो रसाय अन्नाद्यमभिमंत्रयेत्
pāyasaṃ guḍasaṃyuktaṃ haviṣyaṃ ca guḍaplutam | namo vaḥ pitaro rasāya annādyamabhimaṃtrayet
வெல்லம் கலந்த பாயசமும், வெல்லத்தில் நனைந்த ஹவிஷ்யமும் ஆகிய அன்னாதி நைவேத்யங்களை இம்மந்திரத்தால் அபிமந்திரித்து அர்ப்பணிக்க வேண்டும்: “பித்ருக்களே, உங்களுக்கு நமஸ்காரம்; (போஷக) ரசத்திற்காக (இது).”
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A clean ritual space near Prabhāsa waters: a performer offers bowls of guda-pāyasa and jaggery-soaked haviṣya; kusa grass, water vessel, and lamps arranged; the mantra ‘namo vaḥ pitaraḥ…’ is shown as sacred script rising like incense; subtle ancestral silhouettes receive the offering.
FAQs
Gratitude to ancestors is dharma; nourishing offerings, sanctified by mantra, sustain the lineage’s spiritual welfare.
The ritual context belongs to Devikā-taṭa/Bhūdhara within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Offer pāyasa with jaggery and jaggery-soaked haviṣya, and consecrate the offerings with a Pitṛ-directed mantra of obeisance.