Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
गोष्पदे चान्नशता यः पितरस्तेन पुत्रिणः । दिनमेकमपि स्थित्वा पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम्
goṣpade cānnaśatā yaḥ pitarastena putriṇaḥ | dinamekamapi sthitvā punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam
গোস্পদত শত অন্ন-অৰ্পণে তৃপ্ত পিতৃগণে পুত্ৰ-সন্তান দান কৰে; আৰু তাত মাত্ৰ একদিন থাকিলেও সপ্তম কুল পৰ্যন্ত শুদ্ধ হয়।
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style in māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Goṣpada
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim distributes food offerings at Goṣpada; above, pitṛs receive subtle streams of essence; behind the pilgrim, a symbolic family tree glows up to seven nodes.
FAQs
Service to the ancestors at a tīrtha—especially through food offerings—brings blessings of progeny and purifies the lineage.
Goṣpada-tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Offering abundant food (anna) to the Pitṛs and staying at the tīrtha even for one day.
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