Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
सेचनं वा करिष्यंति तृप्तिस्तत्पूर्वजेषु च । दर्शनादेव वृक्षस्य पातकं तु विनश्यति
secanaṃ vā kariṣyaṃti tṛptistatpūrvajeṣu ca | darśanādeva vṛkṣasya pātakaṃ tu vinaśyati
Oder wenn sie ihn begießen, werden dadurch auch ihre Vorfahren gesättigt. Wahrlich, schon beim bloßen Anblick dieses Baumes vergeht die Sünde.
Skanda (deduced; not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim pours water at the pippala’s roots while mentally offering it to ancestors; elders and family stand with folded hands; the tree’s mere sight is portrayed as radiating cleansing light.
FAQs
Simple, accessible acts—darśana and watering—carry deep dhārmic power: they purify the doer and also benefit the ancestral line.
The Aśvattha itself is treated as a sacred locus (a living tīrtha) within the chapter’s māhātmya.
Sechana (watering) of the sacred tree, connected with pitṛ-tṛpti (ancestral satisfaction).