Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
कूपे स्नात्वा नरस्तस्यां तिलपिण्डं समाचरेत् । प्रेतानुद्दिश्य नियतं मोक्षतीर्थफलं भवेत्
kūpe snātvā narastasyāṃ tilapiṇḍaṃ samācaret | pretānuddiśya niyataṃ mokṣatīrthaphalaṃ bhavet
તે કૂવામાં સ્નાન કરીને મનુષ્યે વિધિપૂર્વક તિલપિંડ અર્પણ કરવો, પ્રેતોને ઉદ્દેશીને; નિશ્ચયે તેથી મોક્ષતીર્થનું ફળ મળે છે।
Unspecified (narrative voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha: Mokṣa-tīrtha (Mokṣanātha-kūpa context)
Type: kund
Scene: A devotee, freshly bathed, sits near the well on darbha grass, shaping sesame piṇḍas and offering them with water-libations while a priest guides the rite.
FAQs
Compassionate dharma toward the departed—performed at a sanctified tīrtha—becomes a direct cause of liberative merit.
The Mokṣanātha-associated well, explicitly linked to the ‘fruit of Mokṣa-tīrtha’ through bathing and offerings.
Snāna in the well followed by tilapiṇḍa offerings dedicated to pretas (departed).