Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तिलोऽसि सोमदैवत्यो गोसवे देवनिर्मितः । प्रत्नवद्भिः पृक्तः स्वधया पितॄनिमांल्लोकान्प्रीणाहि नः स्वधेति प्रक्षिपेत्तिलान्
tilo'si somadaivatyo gosave devanirmitaḥ | pratnavadbhiḥ pṛktaḥ svadhayā pitṝnimāṃllokānprīṇāhi naḥ svadheti prakṣipettilān
“تو تل ہے، جس کا دیوتا سوم ہے؛ گوسَو (گاؤ یَجْن) کے لیے دیوتاؤں نے بنایا؛ سْوَدھا کے ذریعے قدیم پِتروں سے ملا ہوا—اے سْوَدھا! ان جہانوں میں ہمارے پِتروں کو سیراب و راضی کر” یہ پڑھ کر تل کے دانے نذر میں ڈالے۔
Skanda (deduced)
Type: ghat
Scene: The performer pinches black sesame seeds and lets them fall into the arghya offering while chanting a long svadhā-laden mantra; a faint moon-symbol (Soma) motif appears in the background to signify the sesame’s deity.
FAQs
Offerings carry symbolic power: tila, sanctified by Soma and svadhā, becomes a vehicle to nourish and please the ancestors.
The verse focuses on pitṛ-rite materials (tila) rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
Chant the tila-mantra invoking Soma and Svadhā, then cast sesame seeds as part of the Pitṛ offering.
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