Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47
दृष्ट्वाग्रतः पूजयाढ्यानपृच्छं स्वान्पितॄनिति । के ह्यमी समुपायांति भृशं तृप्ता भृशार्चिताः । भृशंप्रमुदिता नैव तथा यूयं यथा ह्यमी
dṛṣṭvāgrataḥ pūjayāḍhyānapṛcchaṃ svānpitṝniti | ke hyamī samupāyāṃti bhṛśaṃ tṛptā bhṛśārcitāḥ | bhṛśaṃpramuditā naiva tathā yūyaṃ yathā hyamī
彼らが眼前に現れるのを見て、私はその尊き者たちを礼拝し、わがピトリに問うた。「近づいて来るこの方々は誰か。かくも満ち足り、かくも供養され、かくも歓喜しておられる。あなたがた以上ではないか。」
Devaśarmā
Scene: A narrator-figure beholds a radiant group of Pitṛs approaching in front; he offers respectful pūjā, then turns to his own Pitṛs with folded hands, asking why the newcomers are more blissful and honored.
FAQs
Different degrees of devotion and correct ritual performance yield different degrees of ancestral ‘tṛpti’ (satisfaction) and spiritual radiance.
The setting remains the Pitṛ realm; the implied glorification points back to powerful śrāddha/tarpaṇa performed at great tīrthas.
None newly prescribed; it underscores the measurable fruit of being ‘bhṛśam arcita’—well-honored through proper offerings.