Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
कपिला तत्र दातव्या पित्ःनुद्दिश्य भारत । इत्युच्चार्य द्विजे देया यान्तु ते परमां गतिम्
kapilā tatra dātavyā pitḥnuddiśya bhārata | ityuccārya dvije deyā yāntu te paramāṃ gatim
Là, l’on doit offrir une vache kapilā, fauve, en la dédiant aux Pitṛs, ô Bhārata. En prononçant ces paroles, qu’on la donne à un Brāhmaṇa : «Qu’ils atteignent l’état suprême».
Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Nārada-pratiṣṭhita Śūlin-tīrtha (unnamed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed as ‘O Bhārata’)
Scene: A devotee offers a tawny cow (kapilā) to a brāhmaṇa at the tīrtha, hands joined after the gift; the spoken benediction for the Pitṛs is central, with ritual witnesses and river backdrop.
FAQs
Gifts offered with clear intention for the ancestors become a means for their upliftment and peace.
The chapter’s Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha, where pitṛ-dāna is said to bear heightened fruit.
Kapilā go-dāna to a Brāhmaṇa, explicitly dedicated to the Pitṛs with a spoken saṅkalpa.