Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
पितर ऊचुः । पितृतर्पणजा गर्ता त्वया येयं विनिर्मिता । रामह्रद इति ख्यातिं प्रयास्यति जगत्त्रये
pitara ūcuḥ | pitṛtarpaṇajā gartā tvayā yeyaṃ vinirmitā | rāmahrada iti khyātiṃ prayāsyati jagattraye
পিতৃগণ বললেন—পিতৃতর্পণ থেকে উৎপন্ন এই গর্ত, যা তুমি নির্মাণ করেছ, তিন জগতে ‘রামহ্রদ’ নামে খ্যাতি লাভ করবে।
Pitṛs (ancestors)
Tirtha: Rāmahrada
Type: kund
Listener: Rāma
Scene: The pitṛs speak from an unseen/ethereal realm, blessing the hollow created by tarpaṇa and declaring its name ‘Rāmahrada’ renowned in the three worlds.
FAQs
Ritual performed with devotion can transform a physical spot into a universally revered tīrtha, carrying merit across generations.
Rāmahrada—‘the lake of Rāma’—a tīrtha arising from Pitṛ-tarpaṇa.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa is explicitly identified as the sanctifying act from which the tīrtha originates.
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