Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
ततो ये पितरो दिव्या ये च मानुषसम्भवाः । जगृहुस्ते ततः सर्वे बलिभूतमिवात्मनः
tato ye pitaro divyā ye ca mānuṣasambhavāḥ | jagṛhuste tataḥ sarve balibhūtamivātmanaḥ
Alors les Pitṛs—ceux qui sont divins comme ceux nés parmi les humains—les reçurent tous, comme s’il s’agissait d’offrandes (bali) destinées à eux-mêmes.
Bhartṛyajña (continuing explanation)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A gathering of luminous Pitṛs—some celestial, some human-ancestral—receive offerings as if the bali itself becomes their portion; the atmosphere is solemn and otherworldly.
FAQs
Śrāddha is framed as a real act of giving: offerings are received by the Pitṛs, linking human ritual to ancestral welfare.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
It implies the principle of bali/offering for Pitṛs—what is offered is considered ‘for them’ and accepted as such.