Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105
भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा पितरो हृष्टा जग्मुः स्वंस्वं निकेतनम् । वर्षांतेऽपि समासाद्य श्राद्धं न स्युर्बुभुक्षिताः
bhartṛyajña uvāca | tacchrutvā pitaro hṛṣṭā jagmuḥ svaṃsvaṃ niketanam | varṣāṃte'pi samāsādya śrāddhaṃ na syurbubhukṣitāḥ
Bhartṛyajña dit : À ces paroles, les Pitṛs se réjouirent et chacun regagna sa demeure. Et lorsque viendra la fin de l’année, ils ne resteront pas affamés, car le śrāddha sera accompli.
Bhartṛyajña
Listener: Purāṇic audience (and by report, the Pitṛs)
Scene: Pitṛs, now radiant and smiling, depart upward to their respective celestial dwellings; below, a household prepares for the year-end śrāddha—lamp lit, offerings arranged—signifying that they will not remain hungry.
FAQs
Assurance and faith in dharma: even limited annual rites can protect ancestors from deprivation and maintain sacred reciprocity.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative about śrāddha.
Year-end śrāddha is emphasized as sufficient to prevent the Pitṛs from hunger.