Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
स्नाने जपे च होमे च स्वाध्याये पितृतर्पणे । गोदेवातिथिपूजासु निरालस्यो भवानघ
snāne jape ca home ca svādhyāye pitṛtarpaṇe | godevātithipūjāsu nirālasyo bhavānagha
Hỡi người vô tội, chớ biếng nhác trong việc tắm gội thanh tịnh, trì tụng thần chú (japa), cúng tế lửa (homa), tự học kinh điển (svādhyāya) và cúng dâng cho tổ tiên (pitṛ-tarpaṇa); cũng vậy, hãy siêng năng tôn kính bò, chư Thiên và tiếp đãi khách quý.
Unspecified elder/teacher figure in Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (didactic instruction)
Scene: A disciplined householder at dawn: bathing at a riverbank, performing japa with a mālā, tending a small homa-fire, reading a palm-leaf manuscript, offering water to pitṛs, feeding a cow, worshipping a small shrine, and welcoming a guest with water and seat.
FAQs
Dharma is sustained by steady daily practice—ritual discipline, study, ancestor offerings, and reverent hospitality.
None is named; the emphasis is on nitya-karma (daily observances).
Snāna, japa, homa, svādhyāya, pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and pūjā to cow/Deva/guest are explicitly prescribed.