Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
अप्स्वेकं प्लावयेत्पिण्डमेकं पत्न्यै निवेदयेत् । एकं वै जुहुयादग्नावेषा तु त्रिविधा गतिः
apsvekaṃ plāvayetpiṇḍamekaṃ patnyai nivedayet | ekaṃ vai juhuyādagnāveṣā tu trividhā gatiḥ
ایک پِنڈ پانی میں بہا دیا جائے؛ ایک بیوی کو نذر کیا جائے؛ اور ایک کو آگ میں ہون کی آہوتی دی جائے—یہی تین گونہ طریقہ ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A śrāddha scene at a coastal/riverine tīrtha: a performer with darbha and piṇḍas; one piṇḍa set afloat on rippling water, one offered to the seated wife as ritual partner, and one placed into a small homa fire with ladle and ghee.
FAQs
Śrāddha integrates multiple sacred channels—water, household order, and fire—so the offering reaches its ordained destination.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where piṇḍadāna and śrāddha methods are preserved as part of the site’s greatness.
Offer three piṇḍas in three ways: float one in water, offer one to the wife, and consign one into the fire as an oblation.