Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
ब्रह्मादिस्तंबपर्यंता देवर्षि मनुमानवाः । तृप्यन्तु पितरः सर्वे मातृमातामहादयः
brahmādistaṃbaparyaṃtā devarṣi manumānavāḥ | tṛpyantu pitaraḥ sarve mātṛmātāmahādayaḥ
ব্রহ্মা থেকে তৃণ-স্তম্ভ পর্যন্ত; দেব, ঋষি, মনু ও মানব—সকল পিতৃগণ তৃপ্ত হোন; মাতৃপক্ষের পিতৃগণ ও মাতামহ প্রভৃতিও।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (tarpaṇa rite context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritualist offers water; above him appear layered cosmic tiers—Brahmā, devas, ṛṣis, Manus, humans—descending to grasses; in the foreground, pitṛs including maternal ancestors receive satisfaction, shown as calm luminous figures.
FAQs
Purāṇic ritual vision is cosmic and compassionate: offerings aim at universal harmony and ancestral contentment.
The verse functions as a tarpaṇa prayer within the Prabhāsakṣetra rite sequence rather than naming a new site.
A tarpaṇa-style invocation praying for the satisfaction of pitṛs, including the maternal lineage.