Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
स एकः परमः पुत्रो यो गत्वा तत्र सुन्दरि । ददेच्छ्राद्धं पितॄणां च तस्यांतो नैव विद्यते
sa ekaḥ paramaḥ putro yo gatvā tatra sundari | dadecchrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tasyāṃto naiva vidyate
يا جميلةُ، إنما الابنُ الأسمى هو الذي يذهبُ إلى هناك ويُقيمُ شْرادْدها (śrāddha) لآباءِ الأرواحِ «بيتْرِ» (Pitṛs)؛ فإنَّ لذلك الثوابَ لا نهايةَ له أبدًا.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (pitṛ-śrāddha-pradhāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sundarī Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devoted son arrives after travel, bows at the riverbank, performs śrāddha for pitṛs; behind him, a faint ancestral presence receives offerings; the horizon suggests the vastness of ‘endless’ merit.
FAQs
Filial dharma is fulfilled through honoring ancestors; at a great tīrtha, that duty yields inexhaustible merit.
The ‘there’ refers to the Devikā-taṭa/Umāpatīśvara setting within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Perform śrāddha for the Pitṛs at that holy place.