Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्मात्संख्या च संजाता तथैवाकल्पितस्य च । येऽत्र श्रद्धासमायुक्ताः सुवर्णैर्नृपसत्तम । यत्नाच्छ्राद्धं करिष्यंति सुवर्णं च विशेषतः
tasmātsaṃkhyā ca saṃjātā tathaivākalpitasya ca | ye'tra śraddhāsamāyuktāḥ suvarṇairnṛpasattama | yatnācchrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti suvarṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Darum wird hier selbst das, was nicht beabsichtigt war, mitgezählt. O bester der Könige, wer mit Glauben hierher kommt und sorgfältig das Śrāddha vollzieht—insbesondere mit Goldopfern—
Aśarīriṇī Vāk (disembodied voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims arrive with faith carrying offerings; a śrāddha scene unfolds near the water—pinda, tila, kuśa, and a prominent gold offering; priests guide the rite; the king observes, reassured.
FAQs
Faithful śrāddha performed at a tīrtha is never futile; even unintended factors are transformed into counted merit.
Kanakhala tīrtha, presented as exceptionally efficacious for śrāddha and dāna.
Perform śrāddha with care (yatna) and faith (śraddhā), with special emphasis on offerings/dāna of gold.