Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
स्वाहा स्वधा च सुश्रोणि त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । अहमिष्टो महायज्ञः पूर्वो यज्ञस्त्वमुच्यसे
svāhā svadhā ca suśroṇi tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | ahamiṣṭo mahāyajñaḥ pūrvo yajñastvamucyase
โอ้ผู้มีสะโพกงาม ท่านคือสวาหาและสวธา ในท่านสรรพสิ่งทั้งปวงตั้งมั่น ข้าพเจ้าเป็นอิษฏิและมหายัญญะ และท่านได้รับนามว่าเป็นยัญญะดั้งเดิมแต่ปฐมกาล
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī stands as a cosmic pillar with two streams of offerings: one rising as svāhā into a bright sacrificial flame toward devas, another flowing as svadhā toward ancestral figures; Śiva appears as the great yajña itself, encompassing the scene.
FAQs
All offerings—to devas and ancestors alike—stand upon the sustaining divine power; worship is rooted in the primordial yajña.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa elevates ritual acts into a vision of cosmic foundations.
The verse references svāhā and svadhā, pointing to deva-yajña and pitṛ-yajña as legitimate and supported rites.