Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
कृतकृत्यास्तु ते धन्या यैः कृतं पितृतर्पणम् । श्राद्धं च ऋषिशार्दूला गोमत्युदधिसंगमे
kṛtakṛtyāstu te dhanyā yaiḥ kṛtaṃ pitṛtarpaṇam | śrāddhaṃ ca ṛṣiśārdūlā gomatyudadhisaṃgame
हे ऋषिशार्दूलो! धन्य हैं वे कृतकृत्य जन, जिन्होंने गोमती और समुद्र के संगम पर पितृतर्पण और श्राद्ध किया है।
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Gomatī–Udadhi-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas (addressed as ‘ṛṣīśārdūla’)
Scene: At the meeting of river and ocean, sages (ṛṣis) witness a pilgrim performing tarpaṇa: water poured through cupped hands with kuśa; nearby, śrāddha offerings are arranged; the vast sea symbolizes the ‘enduring’ reach of the rite.
FAQs
Fulfilling ancestral obligations at a sacred tīrtha is portrayed as completing one’s dharmic responsibilities.
Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama (Gomatī river meeting the ocean) in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa and Śrāddha to be performed at the saṅgama.