Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
अपुत्राश्च मृता ये वै येषां नास्त्युकप्रदः । तेपि तृप्तिं परां यांति मधुस्रवसि तर्पिताः
aputrāśca mṛtā ye vai yeṣāṃ nāstyukapradaḥ | tepi tṛptiṃ parāṃ yāṃti madhusravasi tarpitāḥ
যিসকলে অপুত্ৰ অৱস্থাত মৃত্যু বৰণ কৰিলে আৰু যিসকলৰ বাবে উক-প্ৰদ (প্ৰথাগত শ্ৰাদ্ধ-দান দাতা) কোনো নাই—মধুস্ৰৱাত তৰ্পণ কৰিলে তেওঁলোকেও তৃপ্ত হৈ পৰম সন্তোষ লাভ কৰে।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Madhusravā
Type: ghat
Scene: At Madhusravā, water is poured in steady streams (‘honey-flow’ symbolism); the scene feels sweet, soothing, and inclusive, with offerings dedicated to the unremembered dead.
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Kāśī provides compassionate dharmic support even when family lineage-based rites cannot be performed.
Madhusravā Tīrtha.
Tarpaṇa (water oblations) at Madhusravā for departed ancestors, especially those lacking heirs.