Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
युध्यमानास्तवाग्रे च गयाश्राद्धेन तर्पय । तान्सर्वान्प्रेतभावाच्च येन मुक्तिं भजंति ते
yudhyamānāstavāgre ca gayāśrāddhena tarpaya | tānsarvānpretabhāvācca yena muktiṃ bhajaṃti te
তোমাৰ আগত যুদ্ধ কৰা সকলোকে গয়া-শ্ৰাদ্ধে তৰ্পণ কৰা; তেনে কৰিলে তেওঁলোক প্ৰেত-ভাবৰ পৰা মুক্ত হৈ মোক্ষ লাভ কৰে।
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Gayā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra
Scene: A ritual tableau: offerings of water and piṇḍa are made with solemn devotion, while subtle, translucent pitṛ-forms are shown being lifted from a shadowy preta-state into light.
FAQs
Tīrtha-linked śrāddha (especially at Gayā) is portrayed as exceptionally potent, lifting the departed from preta-state toward liberation.
Gayā is explicitly praised through the mention of “Gayā-śrāddha.”
Perform Gayā-śrāddha and offer tarpaṇa for those who died fighting, to remove preta-bhāva and grant spiritual uplift.