Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । अस्माहकस्य माहात्म्यं कथयस्व ममानघ । स्नानदानेन यत्पुण्यं तथा पिण्डोदकेन च
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | asmāhakasya māhātmyaṃ kathayasva mamānagha | snānadānena yatpuṇyaṃ tathā piṇḍodakena ca
યુધિષ્ઠિરે કહ્યું—હે અનઘ, અસ્માહકનું માહાત્મ્ય મને કહો; સ્નાન અને દાનથી, તેમજ પિંડ અને ઉદક અર્પણથી કયું પુણ્ય પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Asmāhaka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, humble and attentive, questions sage Mārkaṇḍeya about Asmāhaka’s greatness; ritual items (water pot, darbha, piṇḍa plate) are arranged, foreshadowing the forthcoming prescriptions.
FAQs
A seeker should inquire into the proper forms and fruits of tīrtha-practice—especially those tied to charity and ancestral rites.
Asmāhaka (introduced as a Pitṛ-tīrtha), whose māhātmya Yudhiṣṭhira requests.
Snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), piṇḍa-offering, and udaka/tarpaṇa (water oblations) for the ancestors.