Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
योऽत्र स्नानं प्रकुरुते पितॄणां तर्पणं तथा । श्राद्धं पितॄणां भक्त्या च स गच्छेत्परमां गतिम्
yo'tra snānaṃ prakurute pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ tathā | śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ bhaktyā ca sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim
যে এখানে স্নান করে, পিতৃদের তर्पণ করে এবং ভক্তিসহ পিতৃ-শ্রাদ্ধ সম্পন্ন করে—সে পরম গতি লাভ করে।
Narrator (contextual, within Dvārakā Māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Mahādeva-saras
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim performs snāna in the lotus lake, then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands; nearby, a simple śrāddha setting with darbha grass, piṇḍa offerings, and a calm, luminous atmosphere suggesting ‘paramā gati’.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is fulfilled by dharma: honoring ancestors through tarpaṇa and śrāddha at a tīrtha is praised as a path to the highest good.
Mahādeva-saras (the sacred lake) in the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative.
Snāna at the tīrtha, Pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and Pitṛ-śrāddha performed with bhakti.