Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
पितृक्षेत्रे गयायां च श्राद्धं यः कुरुते नरः । गयाश्राद्धसमं प्राहुः फलं तस्य महर्षयः
pitṛkṣetre gayāyāṃ ca śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ | gayāśrāddhasamaṃ prāhuḥ phalaṃ tasya maharṣayaḥ
And in Gayā, famed as the ‘field of the ancestors’, whoever performs śrāddha—the great seers declare that his fruit is equal to the śrāddha performed at Gayā.
Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Gayā (Pitṛkṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: A pilgrim performs śrāddha at Gayā: seated on kuśa grass, offering piṇḍas and water-libations to ancestors, with priests, sacred riverbank, and Viṣṇu-associated iconography in the background.
FAQs
Śrāddha is a central duty of pitṛ-dharma, and certain places like Gayā are specially empowered for ancestral upliftment.
Gayā, revered as pitṛkṣetra—the preeminent place for ancestral rites.
Perform śrāddha at Gayā for fruits declared by the seers to be of the highest order.