Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
तर्पणात्पिंडदानाच्च नरकेष्वपि संस्थिताः । स्वर्गं प्रयांति पितरः सुपुत्रेणेह तारिताः
tarpaṇātpiṃḍadānācca narakeṣvapi saṃsthitāḥ | svargaṃ prayāṃti pitaraḥ suputreṇeha tāritāḥ
Dengan persembahan air tarpaṇa dan pemberian piṇḍa, para leluhur yang bahkan berada di neraka pun mencapai surga—di dunia ini mereka diselamatkan oleh putra yang utama.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pitṛ-tarpaṇa/śrāddha-pradhāna tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devoted son at a sacred riverbank in Prabhāsa offers water with cupped palms and places rice piṇḍas on darbha, while subtle ancestral figures rise from a dark nether realm toward a luminous heaven.
FAQs
Filial rites for the ancestors, especially at sacred places, are portrayed as powerful acts of rescue and uplift.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s ritual setting, where tarpaṇa and piṇḍa offerings are being praised.
Tarpaṇa (water/libations) and piṇḍa-dāna (rice-ball offerings) for the pitṛs.