Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 140
यदिदं तर्पणंनाम पितॄणां क्रियते नृभिः । जलमध्ये जलं याति कथं तृप्यंति पूर्वजाः
yadidaṃ tarpaṇaṃnāma pitṝṇāṃ kriyate nṛbhiḥ | jalamadhye jalaṃ yāti kathaṃ tṛpyaṃti pūrvajāḥ
Cuando los hombres realizan lo que se llama tarpaṇa para los Pitṛs, el agua ofrecida se funde simplemente con el agua misma; ¿cómo, entonces, quedan verdaderamente satisfechos los antepasados?
Unspecified questioner (listener in the dialogue)
Scene: A thoughtful king questions: water offered into water seems to disappear—by what principle do ancestors become satisfied? The scene is a calm doctrinal moment, with the shrine as backdrop.
FAQs
It raises a dharmic doubt about ritual efficacy, prompting a deeper explanation of subtle (non-gross) reception by Pitṛs.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on the principle behind Pitṛ-tarpaṇa.
Tarpaṇa—offering water as a libation to the Pitṛs.