Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
विधिना तत्र यः स्नाति तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । प्रतिग्रहकृताद्दोषान्न भयं तस्य विद्यते
vidhinā tatra yaḥ snāti tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | pratigrahakṛtāddoṣānna bhayaṃ tasya vidyate
من اغتسل هناك على وفق السنن فليقدّم طَرْپَنَة لإرضاء الآباء (الپِتْرِ) والآلهة؛ فلا خوف عليه من العيوب الناشئة عن قبول العطايا على غير وجهها.
Śiva (Īśvara) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Mahodaya
Type: tirtha
Listener: null
Scene: At a ghāṭa, a pilgrim performs tarpaṇa: water poured through the fingers with kuśa grass, facing the appropriate direction; subtle presence of Pitṛs and devas receiving offerings; the tīrtha water glows, signifying removal of pratigraha-doṣa and granting fearlessness.
FAQs
Right practice (vidhi) at a tīrtha—joined with honoring ancestors and gods—functions as moral-ritual purification from social-religious faults.
Mahodaya tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Snāna at the tīrtha according to vidhi, along with pitṛ-tarpaṇa and deva-tarpaṇa.