Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
स्वाहा स्वधा च सुश्रोणि त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । अहमिष्टो महायज्ञः पूर्वो यज्ञस्त्वमुच्यसे
svāhā svadhā ca suśroṇi tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | ahamiṣṭo mahāyajñaḥ pūrvo yajñastvamucyase
اے خوش اندام! تو سواہا بھی ہے اور سَوَدھا بھی؛ تجھ ہی میں سب کچھ قائم ہے۔ میں اِشٹی اور مہایَجْنَ ہوں؛ اور تو ہی آدی یَجْنَ کہلاتی ہے۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī stands as a cosmic pillar with two streams of offerings: one rising as svāhā into a bright sacrificial flame toward devas, another flowing as svadhā toward ancestral figures; Śiva appears as the great yajña itself, encompassing the scene.
FAQs
All offerings—to devas and ancestors alike—stand upon the sustaining divine power; worship is rooted in the primordial yajña.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa elevates ritual acts into a vision of cosmic foundations.
The verse references svāhā and svadhā, pointing to deva-yajña and pitṛ-yajña as legitimate and supported rites.