Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
सकृत्पिण्डोदकेनैव शृणु पार्थिव यत्फलम् । द्वादशाब्दानि राजेन्द्र योगं भुक्त्वा सुशोभनम्
sakṛtpiṇḍodakenaiva śṛṇu pārthiva yatphalam | dvādaśābdāni rājendra yogaṃ bhuktvā suśobhanam
হে পার্থিব! একবার পিণ্ড ও উদক অর্পণ করলেই যে ফল লাভ হয়, তা শোন। হে রাজেন্দ্র! পিতৃগণ বারো বছর সুদীপ্ত কল্যাণ-অবস্থায় অবস্থান করেন।
Sūta (deduced; addressing a king within the narrative)
Listener: King (rājendra, bhūpāla addressed)
Scene: A king listens as a sage explains that a single piṇḍa and water offering grants twelve years of well-being to the ancestor; riverbank śrāddha setting with ritual vessels and darbha grass.
FAQs
Even a small, sincere ancestral offering yields significant benefit; dharma done at the right place/time bears amplified fruit.
The implied context is a Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha where piṇḍa and udaka offerings are performed.
Piṇḍa-dāna and udaka/tarpaṇa (water offering) for ancestors.