Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43
तर्पयन्ति पितॄन् देवांस्तेऽश्वमेधफलैर्युताः । सुवर्णं ये प्रयच्छन्ति तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नराधिप
tarpayanti pitṝn devāṃste'śvamedhaphalairyutāḥ | suvarṇaṃ ye prayacchanti tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa
হে নরাধিপ! যারা সেই তীর্থে পিতৃগণ ও দেবতাদের তर्पণ করে, তারা অশ্বমেধ যজ্ঞের ফলসম পুণ্য লাভ করে; আর যারা সেখানে স্বর্ণ দান করে, তারাও সেই পুণ্যে ভূষিত হয়।
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: On the ghat, a kingly donor and pilgrims offer tarpaṇa—water streams from cupped hands—toward the river; priests receive suvarṇa-dāna; Agni’s presence is suggested by a nearby altar flame.
FAQs
Tīrtha-based worship—especially tarpaṇa to ancestors and gods—multiplies merit, and charity done at a sacred place becomes exceptionally potent.
The verse praises the tīrtha being discussed in Adhyāya 33—Agni-tīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography.
Performing tarpaṇa to Pitṛs and Devas, and giving suvarṇa-dāna (donation of gold) at the tīrtha.