Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
ये तु मानुषलोकेस्मिन्पितरो मर्त्ययोनयः । ते दिव्ययोनयः स्युर्वै मधुस्रवसि तर्पिताः
ye tu mānuṣalokesminpitaro martyayonayaḥ | te divyayonayaḥ syurvai madhusravasi tarpitāḥ
Les ancêtres qui, en ce monde des hommes, demeurent dans des naissances mortelles—lorsqu’ils sont rassasiés à Madhusravā, ils deviennent vraiment d’une naissance de nature divine.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Madhusravā
Type: kund
Scene: At a sweet-flowing spring/stream called Madhusravā, a devotee pours sesame-water; ancestral figures transform from ordinary human silhouettes into radiant, deva-like forms ascending amid light.
FAQs
Tarpaṇa at Kāśī’s tīrthas is portrayed as transformative, elevating ancestral states toward divine attainment.
Madhusravā Tīrtha.
Tarpaṇa at Madhusravā for pitṛs, with the promised fruit of divya-yoni (higher divine condition).