Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
अग्निहोत्रं तथा यज्ञाः पशुबन्धास्तथेष्टयः । इति देवर्णं प्रोक्तं शृणु मानुष्यकं ततः
agnihotraṃ tathā yajñāḥ paśubandhāstatheṣṭayaḥ | iti devarṇaṃ proktaṃ śṛṇu mānuṣyakaṃ tataḥ
اگنی ہوترا، یَجْن، پشو بندھ اور دیگر اِشْٹی کرم—یہی ‘دیوا رِن’ (دیوتاؤں کا قرض) کہا گیا ہے۔ اب انسانی قرض کے بارے میں سنو۔
Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana-tīrtha (implied in the surrounding passage)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A gṛhastha before a sacred fire performs agnihotra; nearby are implements of iṣṭi/yajña, with a calm teacher explaining ‘deva-ṛṇa’.
FAQs
Worship and sacrifice are framed as repayment of one’s obligation to the divine order (deva-ṛṇa).
Not a site-specific verse; it provides doctrinal framing within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-oriented discourse.
Agnihotra and yajñas (including iṣṭis/oblations and paśubandha-type rites as described in traditional ritual lists).