Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
तत्रान्तं पापसङ्घस्य ध्रुवमाप्नोति मानवः । शङ्खोद्धारे नरः स्नात्वा तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः
tatrāntaṃ pāpasaṅghasya dhruvamāpnoti mānavaḥ | śaṅkhoddhāre naraḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ
Là, l’homme atteint assurément la fin de l’amas des péchés. Après s’être baigné à Śaṅkhoddhāra, qu’il offre les libations (tarpaṇa) aux Pitṛs et aux dieux.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhoddhāra
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī (contextual continuity)
Scene: A devotee emerges from the river after snāna; seated on kusa grass, he offers tarpaṇa—water streams from cupped hands—toward a line of subtle ancestral forms and toward deities in the sky.
FAQs
Personal purification is completed by gratitude and obligation—snāna removes sin, while tarpaṇa fulfills duty toward ancestors and gods.
Śaṅkhoddhāra-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Bathe at Śaṅkhoddhāra, then perform tarpaṇa for Pitṛs and devatās.