Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
ते धन्याः पितृभक्तास्ते प्रीणितास्तैः पितामहाः । पैत्रादृणाद्धर्मतीर्थे निष्कृतिर्यैः कृता सुतैः
te dhanyāḥ pitṛbhaktāste prīṇitāstaiḥ pitāmahāḥ | paitrādṛṇāddharmatīrthe niṣkṛtiryaiḥ kṛtā sutaiḥ
ধন্য সেই পুত্ৰসকল, যিসকলে পিতৃভক্ত; তেওঁলোকৰ দ্বাৰা পিতামহসকল সম্পূৰ্ণ সন্তুষ্ট হয়। যিসকলে ধৰ্মতীৰ্থত প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত কৰি পিতৃ-ঋণৰ পৰা মুক্তি লাভ কৰে, সেই পুত্ৰসকলেই সত্যই ভাগ্যৱান।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Dharmatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya (Kumbhaja)
Scene: At Dharmatīrtha, devoted sons perform pitṛ-kārya with water-offerings and śrāddha, while subtle ancestral figures appear gratified; the tīrtha is serene and dharmic.
FAQs
Filial piety expressed as Pitṛ-bhakti becomes dharma, and sacred acts at a tirtha can relieve one of ancestral obligations.
Dharmatīrtha in Kāśī (Varanasi), praised as a place where ancestral debt can be expiated.
Niṣkṛti (expiatory rites) connected with Pitṛs—implying śrāddha/dāna and related observances at Dharmatīrtha.