Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
आत्मघातेन निधनं यैषामिहविकमर्णाम् । तेपि तृप्तिं लभंतेत्र पिंडैः शिवगयाकृतैः
ātmaghātena nidhanaṃ yaiṣāmihavikamarṇām | tepi tṛptiṃ labhaṃtetra piṃḍaiḥ śivagayākṛtaiḥ
যিসকলে ইয়াত আত্মঘাত কৰি মৃত্যু বৰণ কৰিলে—দুৰ্ভাগ্যপীড়িত লোক—তেওঁলোকেও শিৱ-গয়াত কৰা পিণ্ড-দানৰ দ্বাৰা ইয়াত তৃপ্তি লাভ কৰে।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Śiva-Gayā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at a Kāśī ghāṭa-like sacred spot called Śiva-Gayā offers rice-balls (piṇḍa) with kuśa grass and water-libations; subtle forms of troubled departed souls become calm as Śiva’s presence sanctifies the rite.
FAQs
Śiva’s compassion expressed through Kāśī’s Gayā-like shrine extends relief even to the most troubled departed.
Śiva-Gayā (a śrāddha-focused sacred spot within Kāśī).
Piṇḍa offerings at Śiva-Gayā to propitiate and bring peace to departed souls.