Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
सन्तानं नास्ति ते राजंस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । यजस्व यज्ञपुरुषमपत्यं नास्ति तेऽन्यथा
santānaṃ nāsti te rājaṃstrailokye sacarācare | yajasva yajñapuruṣamapatyaṃ nāsti te'nyathā
ข้าแต่พระราชา ในไตรโลกทั้งจรและอจร มิได้มีสันตติที่กำหนดไว้แก่พระองค์ เพราะฉะนั้นจงบูชายัญนมัสการยัชญปุรุษ มิฉะนั้นพระองค์จักไร้บุตร
Devī
Scene: The Goddess delivers a firm oracle to the king: no progeny is seen for him in the three worlds; therefore he must worship Yajña-Puruṣa—visualized as Viṣṇu presiding over a sacred fire, embodying the sacrifice.
FAQs
When human effort fails, dharmic means—especially yajña offered to the divine—are presented as the rightful remedy aligned with cosmic order.
The setting is the Revā Khaṇḍa sphere (connected with the Revā/Narmadā sacred region), though this particular verse emphasizes ritual counsel rather than naming a single tīrtha.
Performance of yajña/worship directed to Yajña-Puruṣa as the means to obtain offspring.