Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
इष्टमन्नं ततो दत्त्वा पात्रमालभ्य संजपेत् । विप्रांगुष्ठं समादाय पाकमध्ये निधाय च
iṣṭamannaṃ tato dattvā pātramālabhya saṃjapet | viprāṃguṣṭhaṃ samādāya pākamadhye nidhāya ca
پھر پسندیدہ کھانا نذر کرکے برتن کو چھو کر آہستہ منتر جپے۔ برہمن کے انگوٹھے کو لے کر پکے ہوئے اَنّ کے بیچ میں بھی رکھے۔
Skanda (deduced)
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A householder at a tīrtha-side pavilion offers a leaf-plate of cooked rice to seated brāhmaṇas; he touches the vessel, murmurs mantras, and gently guides the brāhmaṇa’s thumb to the center of the food as a ritual gesture.
FAQs
Śrāddha is completed through mantra, offering, and sanctioned ritual gestures involving the qualified vipra—form and intention work together.
This verse continues the rite-description; it does not specify a particular tīrtha.
Give the appropriate food, touch the vessel while reciting, and perform the gesture of placing the brāhmaṇa’s thumb into the cooked food.