Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
दधिभिः सह संमिश्रं पिण्डं यस्तु प्रदापयेत् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विधिवद्दक्षिणामुखः
dadhibhiḥ saha saṃmiśraṃ piṇḍaṃ yastu pradāpayet | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhivaddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
جو شخص دہی کے ساتھ ملا ہوا پِنڈ پیش کرے، وہ اسی تیرتھ میں غسل کرکے، شاستری طریقے کے مطابق جنوب رُخ ہو کر یہ کرم ادا کرے۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Implied Bhārata
Scene: A devotee freshly bathed sits on darbha mat at the riverbank, clearly oriented south; a small compass-like cue (sun path) indicates direction; he offers a curd-mixed piṇḍa on a leaf-plate while a priest instructs.
FAQs
Purāṇic practice emphasizes both sacred place and correct procedure: tīrtha-snāna and vidhivat performance together make the rite efficacious.
“That tīrtha” refers to the tīrtha under discussion in this passage—within the Dadhiskanda/Madhuskanda sequence of Revākhaṇḍa.
After bathing at the tīrtha, offer a curd-mixed piṇḍa while facing south, following proper ritual rules.