Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्पितृदेवताः । पूजिते तु महादेवे वाजपेयफलं लभेत्
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ | pūjite tu mahādeve vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet
At that tīrtha, whoever bathes and worships the Pitṛs and the deities—when Mahādeva is worshipped there, one obtains the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: A king (rājendra)
Scene: At the river-ford, a devotee offers tarpaṇa to Pitṛs with cupped hands, then turns to a Śiva-liṅga shrine under a bilva tree; a celestial banner reads ‘Vājapeya-phala’.
FAQs
Tīrtha-worship integrates duties to ancestors and gods; devotion to Mahādeva at a holy place is equated with great Vedic sacrificial merit.
Koṭitīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa, praised for granting exalted yajña-phala through worship.
Snāna at the tīrtha, followed by worship of Pitṛs and deities, especially pūjā of Mahādeva.