Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
श्राद्धं तत्रैव यो भक्त्या कुर्वीत नृपनन्दन । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्
śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo bhaktyā kurvīta nṛpanandana | pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasamplavam
হে নৃপনন্দন, যি তাতেই ভক্তিৰে শ্রাদ্ধ কৰে, তাৰ পিতৃলোক প্ৰলয়ৰ অন্তলৈকে তৃপ্ত থাকে।
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)
Tirtha: Piṇḍikā (Revā-tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Listener: nṛpanandana (prince)
Scene: A family priest and householder at the riverbank performing śrāddha: piṇḍa offerings, darbha grass, water libations; ancestors depicted subtly in the sky receiving satisfaction.
FAQs
Dharma includes care for one’s lineage; performed at a powerful tīrtha, śrāddha yields enduring benefit to the Pitṛs.
The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha being described; it is praised as exceptionally effective for śrāddha.
Perform śrāddha at the tīrtha with bhakti (devotion).