Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 77
सवस्त्राच्छादनाः शांत्यै दातव्यास्ते द्विजन्मने । अभिषेकं ततः कुर्यात्पायसेन जलेन तु
savastrācchādanāḥ śāṃtyai dātavyāste dvijanmane | abhiṣekaṃ tataḥ kuryātpāyasena jalena tu
சாந்திக்காக அந்தக் கலசங்களை வஸ்திரம் போர்த்தி த்விஜருக்கு தானமாக அளிக்க வேண்டும். பின்னர் பாயசமும் நீரும் கொண்டு அபிஷேகம் செய்ய வேண்டும்।
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇava-khaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A priest receives cloth-covered milk pots; nearby, a deity icon or liṅga/śālagrāma is bathed with pāyasa and water, streams flowing into a basin.
FAQs
Peace (śānti) is sought through dharmic giving and sanctifying acts, not merely through praise.
Ayodhyā is the māhātmya context; the text situates these rites within Ayodhyā’s sacred discipline.
Donate cloth-covered ritual pots to a dvija for śānti and perform abhiṣeka using pāyasa and water.