Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150
क्षीरमूर्जामधु प्रोक्तं वर्तंते तेन देवताः । पितृभिः श्रूयते चापि पुनर्दुग्धा वसुन्धरा
kṣīramūrjāmadhu proktaṃ vartaṃte tena devatāḥ | pitṛbhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā
اس دودھ کو ‘اُورجا’ اور ‘مدھو’—یعنی قوتِ حیات اور مٹھاس—کہا گیا ہے؛ اسی سے دیوتا قائم رہتے ہیں۔ اور پِتروں سے بھی سنا جاتا ہے کہ زمین کو پھر سے دوہا گیا۔
Sūta (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas receiving luminous ‘milk’ labeled as ūrjā and madhu; Pitṛs in the background as venerable witnesses, hands in añjali, affirming the repeated milking of Earth; the milk appears as golden-white nectar streams.
FAQs
Sustenance is multi-layered—physical and subtle; even devas depend on ordained ‘nourishment’ (ūrjā, madhu).
The narration belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking ancestral and divine traditions to Prabhāsa’s sacred authority.
No explicit ritual; mention of Pitṛs resonates with śrāddha themes, but no procedure is stated in this verse.