Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
पितृक्षेत्रे गयायां च श्राद्धं यः कुरुते नरः । गयाश्राद्धसमं प्राहुः फलं तस्य महर्षयः
pitṛkṣetre gayāyāṃ ca śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ | gayāśrāddhasamaṃ prāhuḥ phalaṃ tasya maharṣayaḥ
また、祖霊の聖地と名高いガヤーにおいてシュラーダ（śrāddha）を修する者について、偉大なるリシたちは、その果報はガヤーで行うシュラーダに等しいと説く。
Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Gayā (Pitṛkṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: A pilgrim performs śrāddha at Gayā: seated on kuśa grass, offering piṇḍas and water-libations to ancestors, with priests, sacred riverbank, and Viṣṇu-associated iconography in the background.
FAQs
Śrāddha is a central duty of pitṛ-dharma, and certain places like Gayā are specially empowered for ancestral upliftment.
Gayā, revered as pitṛkṣetra—the preeminent place for ancestral rites.
Perform śrāddha at Gayā for fruits declared by the seers to be of the highest order.