Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
अथापरे ये च मृताः शौचेन तु विना कृताः । ते चात्र तर्पिताः सर्वे प्रयान्तु परमां गतिम्
athāpare ye ca mṛtāḥ śaucena tu vinā kṛtāḥ | te cātra tarpitāḥ sarve prayāntu paramāṃ gatim
Und auch die anderen—jene, die ohne die rechten Reinheitsvorschriften starben—mögen sie alle hier durch die Darbringungen gesättigt werden und zum höchsten Zustand hingehen.
Unspecified (contextual prayer within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unspecified within the excerpt
Scene: After offerings at Prabhāsa, ancestors who were once troubled by impurity are shown fully satiated, serene, and ascending toward a radiant ‘supreme state’; the devotee and priest stand by the water with lamps and kuśa.
FAQs
Compassionate tīrtha rites can spiritually assist even those whose end-of-life rites were imperfect.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where tarpaṇa is said to grant the departed a higher passage.
Tarpaṇa (libation/offering that ‘satisfies’ the departed) is the operative rite.