Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 105
पितॄनुद्दिश्य यस्तत्र पिंडान्निर्वापयिष्यति । तृप्तास्तु पितरो यान्ति विष्णुलोकं न संशयः
pitṝnuddiśya yastatra piṃḍānnirvāpayiṣyati | tṛptāstu pitaro yānti viṣṇulokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
যি কোনোবাই তাত পিতৃসকলক উদ্দেশ্য কৰি পিণ্ড-দান কৰে, তেন্তে তৃপ্ত পিতৃসকল বিষ্ণুলোকলৈ যায়—ইয়াত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই।
Narrative voice (contextual, not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: On the tīrtha bank, a devotee performs piṇḍa offerings with kuśa grass and water, invoking ancestors; the pitṛs appear subtly, satisfied, ascending toward a Viṣṇu-lit realm.
FAQs
Acts done for one’s ancestors at a powerful tīrtha yield direct benefit to the Pitṛs and lead them to a higher divine realm.
The same sacred locale being described in the passage—Cakratīrtha in Ayodhyā (implicit by ‘there’).
Piṇḍa-offering (piṇḍa-nirvāpaṇa) dedicated to the Pitṛs.