Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
एवं कृत्वा नरः सम्यगुत्तमां गतिमाप्नुयात् । प्रयांति परमं लोकं पितरस्त्रिकुलोद्भवाः
evaṃ kṛtvā naraḥ samyaguttamāṃ gatimāpnuyāt | prayāṃti paramaṃ lokaṃ pitarastrikulodbhavāḥ
Wer dies so recht vollbringt, erlangt den höchsten Gang. Die Ahnen—aus den drei Linien der Sippe hervorgegangen—gelangen in die höchste Welt.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: After completing rites, a serene pilgrim stands with folded hands; above, luminous pitṛ figures ascend toward a radiant realm, symbolizing ‘parama loka’ for three ancestral lines.
FAQs
Correctly performed rites uplift both practitioner and ancestors, linking personal liberation with ancestral welfare.
The Dvārakā tīrtha framework of Adhyāya 13, connected with bathing and subsequent pitṛ rites.
The verse summarizes the result of performing the full sequence of rites properly (snāna, tarpaṇa, śrāddha, dāna).