Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
कपिला तत्र दातव्या पित्ःनुद्दिश्य भारत । इत्युच्चार्य द्विजे देया यान्तु ते परमां गतिम्
kapilā tatra dātavyā pitḥnuddiśya bhārata | ityuccārya dvije deyā yāntu te paramāṃ gatim
হে ভাৰত, পিতৃসকলক উদ্দেশ্য কৰি তাত কপিলা গাই দান কৰিব লাগে। এইদৰে উচ্চাৰণ কৰি ব্ৰাহ্মণক দিব লাগে—‘তেওঁলোকে পৰম গতি লাভ কৰক।’
Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Nārada-pratiṣṭhita Śūlin-tīrtha (unnamed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed as ‘O Bhārata’)
Scene: A devotee offers a tawny cow (kapilā) to a brāhmaṇa at the tīrtha, hands joined after the gift; the spoken benediction for the Pitṛs is central, with ritual witnesses and river backdrop.
FAQs
Gifts offered with clear intention for the ancestors become a means for their upliftment and peace.
The chapter’s Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha, where pitṛ-dāna is said to bear heightened fruit.
Kapilā go-dāna to a Brāhmaṇa, explicitly dedicated to the Pitṛs with a spoken saṅkalpa.
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