Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
तस्यां यः कुरुते श्राद्धं जलैरपि प्रभक्तितः । यावद्द्वादश वर्षाणि पितरस्तस्य तर्पिताः
tasyāṃ yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ jalairapi prabhaktitaḥ | yāvaddvādaśa varṣāṇi pitarastasya tarpitāḥ
সেই সময় যে ব্যক্তি ভক্তিসহ কেবল জল দিয়েও শ্রাদ্ধ করে, তার পিতৃগণ বারো বছর পর্যন্ত তৃপ্ত থাকেন।
Agniveśa
Scene: A devotee offers water with cupped hands to the pitṛs under an eclipse-darkened sky; translucent ancestral figures appear satisfied, and a subtle twelve-year cycle is hinted via a ring of twelve marks around the scene.
FAQs
Bhakti and sincerity can sanctify even simple offerings; the spirit of pitṛ-dharma is upheld through devotion.
No specific site is named in this verse; it emphasizes the fruit (phala) of properly timed śrāddha.
Śrāddha may be performed even with water alone (jala) when done with devoted intent, yielding long-lasting pitṛ satisfaction.
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