Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
अथ भुक्तेषु विप्रेषु कृत पिंडप्रदानके । आगता जानकी सीता यत्र रामो व्यवस्थितः
atha bhukteṣu vipreṣu kṛta piṃḍapradānake | āgatā jānakī sītā yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ
Then, after the brāhmaṇas had eaten and the offering of piṇḍas was completed, Jānakī Sītā came to the place where Rāma was seated.
Narrator (contextual; likely Īśvara/Śiva in this adhyāya’s framing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇas finish their meal seated on kusa mats; ritual plates and water pots are set aside; the piṇḍa offering area shows remnants of sesame and rice balls; Sītā arrives, approaching the seated Rāma.
FAQs
Śrāddha is fulfilled through both hospitality (feeding brāhmaṇas) and the formal ancestral offering (piṇḍa-pradāna).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where piṇḍa offerings are presented as especially meritorious within the māhātmya.
Piṇḍa-pradāna and feeding brāhmaṇas as integral components of śrāddha.