Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
गयायां पिंडदानेन प्रयागे ह्यस्थिपातने । तत्पुण्यं समवाप्नोति पक्षांते श्राद्धकृन्नरः
gayāyāṃ piṃḍadānena prayāge hyasthipātane | tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnoti pakṣāṃte śrāddhakṛnnaraḥ
By offering piṇḍas at Gayā and by casting the bones at Prayāga, one attains that very merit; likewise, a man who performs śrāddha here at the end of the fortnight gains the same fruit.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (pakṣānta śrāddha at Gomati-samudra-saṅgama)
Type: sangam
Scene: Triptych composition: (1) Gayā—piṇḍa-dāna under sacred trees by the Phalgu; (2) Prayāga—bones immersed at the Triveṇī; (3) Dvārakā—śrāddha at the Gomati-ocean confluence at pakṣānta, with a visual caption of ‘same merit’.
FAQs
The Purāṇas equate tīrtha-fruits to inspire pilgrimage: one holy rite at a praised site can match famed rites elsewhere.
The implied praised site is the Gomatī–Udadhisaṅgama in Dvārakā Māhātmya, compared in merit to Gayā and Prayāga.
Perform śrāddha at the end of Pitṛpakṣa; it is said to yield merit comparable to piṇḍa-dāna at Gayā and asthi-pātana at Prayāga.