Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
ये दिव्यलोके पितरः पुण्यैर्देवत्वमागताः । ते ब्रह्मलोके गच्छंति तृप्तास्तीर्थे वृषध्वजे
ye divyaloke pitaraḥ puṇyairdevatvamāgatāḥ | te brahmaloke gacchaṃti tṛptāstīrthe vṛṣadhvaje
Aquellos pitṛs que, en el mundo celestial, por sus méritos han alcanzado condición divina—cuando quedan satisfechos en el tīrtha llamado Vṛṣadhvaja, avanzan hacia el Brahmaloka.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Vṛṣadhvaja-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pitṛs / Pitāmahas (Forefathers) and, by extension, the audience of the Kāśī-māhātmya
Scene: A sacred ford on the Gaṅgā in Kāśī where a devotee offers tarpaṇa; luminous pitṛs receive satisfaction and ascend toward a radiant Brahmaloka, with a divine emblem of Vṛṣadhvaja presiding.
FAQs
Satisfying the ancestors at a powerful Kāśī tīrtha elevates their onward spiritual journey, showing the dharmic importance of pitṛ-sevā and tarpaṇa.
Vṛṣadhvaja Tīrtha, a sacred ford associated with the ‘Bull-bannered’ Lord (Śiva) within the Kāśī sacred geography.
No explicit procedure is stated here, but the verse implies pitṛ-tarpaṇa/offerings that ‘satisfy’ the pitṛs at the tīrtha.