Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
अथ भुक्तेषु विप्रेषु कृत पिंडप्रदानके । आगता जानकी सीता यत्र रामो व्यवस्थितः
atha bhukteṣu vipreṣu kṛta piṃḍapradānake | āgatā jānakī sītā yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ
ثم بعد أن أكل البراهمة وتمّت تقدمة البِنْدا (piṇḍa)، جاءت جانكي سيتا إلى الموضع الذي كان راما جالسًا فيه.
Narrator (contextual; likely Īśvara/Śiva in this adhyāya’s framing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇas finish their meal seated on kusa mats; ritual plates and water pots are set aside; the piṇḍa offering area shows remnants of sesame and rice balls; Sītā arrives, approaching the seated Rāma.
FAQs
Śrāddha is fulfilled through both hospitality (feeding brāhmaṇas) and the formal ancestral offering (piṇḍa-pradāna).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where piṇḍa offerings are presented as especially meritorious within the māhātmya.
Piṇḍa-pradāna and feeding brāhmaṇas as integral components of śrāddha.