Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
अज्ञातगोत्रजन्मानस्तेभ्यः पिंडांस्तु निर्वपेत् । तेऽपि यांति दिवं सर्वे ये दत्त इति श्रुतिः
ajñātagotrajanmānastebhyaḥ piṃḍāṃstu nirvapet | te'pi yāṃti divaṃ sarve ye datta iti śrutiḥ
যাঁদের গোত্র অজ্ঞাত, তাঁদের জন্যও পিণ্ড অর্পণ করা উচিত। শ্রুতি বলে—‘যাঁদের দান দেওয়া হয়েছে’—তাঁরাও সকলেই স্বর্গে গমন করেন।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic instruction; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Lohayiṣṭakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A performer offers multiple piṇḍas labeled ‘sarvebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ’ without clan markers; diverse ancestral silhouettes—men, women, unknown figures—receive light and ascend toward a luminous heaven.
FAQs
Compassionate dharma does not exclude the unknown; offerings made with intent still benefit departed beings.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred arena where such rites are taught and empowered.
Offer piṇḍas even for ancestors of unknown gotra/lineage.