Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
गयाश्राद्धेन यत्पुण्यं लभते मानवो भुवि । अन्नदानेन तत्पुण्यं पितॄणां तृप्तिरक्षया
gayāśrāddhena yatpuṇyaṃ labhate mānavo bhuvi | annadānena tatpuṇyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptirakṣayā
गया में श्राद्ध करने से मनुष्य पृथ्वी पर जो पुण्य पाता है, वही पुण्य अन्नदान से भी प्राप्त होता है; और पितरों की तृप्ति अक्षय हो जाती है।
Sūta (deduced; Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim-feeding hall near Dvārakā: donors serving steaming rice and lentils to travelers; in the background, a subtle vision of satisfied pitṛs receiving offerings, suggesting akṣaya-tṛpti.
FAQs
Food charity is elevated as a supreme dharma, comparable to renowned ancestral rites, and it benefits one’s lineage through lasting pitṛ-satisfaction.
Gayā is referenced as the benchmark tīrtha for śrāddha; the ongoing context remains Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Anna-dāna is prescribed as producing śrāddha-like merit and akṣayā pitṛ-tṛpti.