Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
अत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या तर्पयिष्यति यः पितॄन् । त्रिपुष्करसमं पुण्यं लप्स्यते स तथेप्सितम्
atra snātvā naro bhaktyā tarpayiṣyati yaḥ pitṝn | tripuṣkarasamaṃ puṇyaṃ lapsyate sa tathepsitam
Wer hier in Hingabe badet und den Pitṛs (Ahnen) das tarpaṇa darbringt, erlangt Verdienst, das dem der drei Puṣkaras gleichkommt, und empfängt auch die ersehnte Frucht.
Brahmā (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Puṣkarāvartakā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee stands waist-deep in the river at the whirlpool-ghāṭa, offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; subtle ancestral figures receive the offering in a luminous, peaceful aura.
FAQs
Devotional action at a sanctified place transforms simple rites—bathing and tarpaṇa—into great merit and fulfillment.
Puṣkarāvartakā-nadī, whose bath and ancestral offerings are praised as exceptionally meritorious.
Snāna (ritual bathing) followed by Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (libations/offerings to ancestors) performed with bhakti.