Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
छत्रं तत्र प्रदातव्यं ब्राह्मणे शुभलक्षणे । शस्त्रेण तु हता ये वै तेषां श्राद्धं प्रदापयेत् । ते यान्ति परमं लोकं पिण्डदानप्रभावतः
chatraṃ tatra pradātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe śubhalakṣaṇe | śastreṇa tu hatā ye vai teṣāṃ śrāddhaṃ pradāpayet | te yānti paramaṃ lokaṃ piṇḍadānaprabhāvataḥ
তাত শুভলক্ষণযুক্ত যোগ্য ব্ৰাহ্মণক ছত্ৰ দান কৰিব লাগে। আৰু যিসকল শস্ত্ৰে নিহত, তেওঁলোকৰ বাবে শ্ৰাদ্ধ কৰাব লাগে। পিণ্ডদানৰ প্ৰভাৱত তেওঁলোকে পৰম লোক লাভ কৰে।
Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Nārada-pratiṣṭhita Śūlin-tīrtha (unnamed)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (addressed as rājendra)
Scene: A ritual scene at the tīrtha: a worthy brāhmaṇa receives a ceremonial umbrella; nearby, śrāddha is performed with piṇḍas offered for those slain by weapons, with solemn participants and river as witness.
FAQs
Charity and properly performed śrāddha at a sacred place uplift both the living and the departed.
The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha established in this chapter, where dāna and śrāddha gain special efficacy.
Chatra-dāna to a worthy Brāhmaṇa and śrāddha with piṇḍa-offerings for the departed, especially those killed by weapons.
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