Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
यः श्राद्धं कुरुते तत्र अघोरेश्वरदक्षिणे । आकल्पं तृप्तिमायांति पितरस्तस्य तर्पिताः
yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra aghoreśvaradakṣiṇe | ākalpaṃ tṛptimāyāṃti pitarastasya tarpitāḥ
যে ব্যক্তি সেখানে অঘোরেশ্বরের দক্ষিণদিকে শ্রাদ্ধ করে, তার তৃপ্ত পিতৃগণ এক সম্পূর্ণ কল্পকাল পর্যন্ত পরিতৃপ্তি লাভ করেন।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Aghoreśvara-dakṣiṇa (southern śrāddha-sthāna)
Type: ghat
Scene: A family performs śrāddha in a marked southern precinct of Aghoreśvara: piṇḍas on darbha, tila-water libations, brāhmaṇas seated, and subtle ancestral forms receiving satisfaction in the background.
FAQs
Performing ancestral rites at a specially empowered tīrtha yields extraordinary, long-lasting benefit for one’s lineage.
The southern area of Aghoreśvara within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Śrāddha (and implied pitṛ-tarpaṇa) is to be performed at the spot south of Aghoreśvara.