Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
तृप्तास्ते द्वादशाब्दानि सिद्धिं च सार्वकामिकीम् । गङ्गावहे तु यः श्राद्धं शङ्खोद्धारे प्रदास्यति
tṛptāste dvādaśābdāni siddhiṃ ca sārvakāmikīm | gaṅgāvahe tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ śaṅkhoddhāre pradāsyati
Eux (les ancêtres) demeurent satisfaits durant douze années, et l’on obtient l’accomplissement de tous les désirs. En vérité, quiconque offre un śrāddha à Śaṅkhoddhāra, dans le courant du Gaṅgā, obtient cela.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhoddhāra
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī (contextual)
Scene: A śrāddha ritual on the riverbank: offerings arranged (piṇḍa, tila, water), a brāhmaṇa officiant, the performer facing south; subtle ancestral figures receiving the offering, with a calendar motif indicating ‘twelve years’.
FAQs
Serving the Pitṛs through śrāddha at a powerful tīrtha yields long-lasting ancestral contentment and supports worldly and spiritual aims.
Śaṅkhoddhāra-tīrtha, specifically connected with the current termed gaṅgāvaha.
Perform śrāddha at Śaṅkhoddhāra (in the gaṅgāvaha stream) for twelve-year satisfaction of the Pitṛs and desired attainments.