Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
एकादश्यां नरस्तत्र यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नृप । स कुलानि समुद्धृत्य दश याति दिवं ततः । स्नानेनव विपापत्वं तत्क्षणादेव जायते
ekādaśyāṃ narastatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute nṛpa | sa kulāni samuddhṛtya daśa yāti divaṃ tataḥ | snānenava vipāpatvaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva jāyate
O king, the man who performs śrāddha there on the Ekādaśī day uplifts ten generations of his lineage, and then they go to heaven. And by bathing there, freedom from sin arises at that very instant.
Pulastya (deduced from immediate section context; Adhyāya 24 explicitly begins with Pulastya speaking)
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: A king (nṛpa)
Scene: Pilgrims at a bright riverbank/ghāṭa: one performs snāna while another offers piṇḍa and water-libations; subtle ancestral presence above, ascending toward heaven.
FAQs
Dharma links personal purification with ancestral responsibility: tīrtha-snāna and śrāddha together become liberating acts.
Śuklatīrtha, praised for granting immediate purification and ancestral uplift through Ekādaśī śrāddha.
Perform śrāddha at the site on Ekādaśī; bathe in the tīrtha-water to gain instant freedom from sin.