Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 45
Karmas Leading to Hell and Heaven
Ethical Catalog of Destinies
गंगायां पुष्करे तीर्थे गयायां च विशेषतः । पितृपिंडप्रदातारस्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
gaṃgāyāṃ puṣkare tīrthe gayāyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | pitṛpiṃḍapradātāraste narāḥ svargagāminaḥ
អ្នកដែលបូជាពិណ្ឌ (piṇḍa) ដល់បិតෘបុព្វបុរស នៅទន្លេគង្គា នៅទីរថៈបូជនីយ៍ពុស្ករ និងជាពិសេសនៅគយា—មនុស្សទាំងនោះឈានដល់ស្វគ៌។
Pulastya (to Bhīṣma)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गंगायां = गङ्गायाम् (अनुस्वार-लेखनभेद); पितृपिंडप्रदातारस्ते = पितृपिण्डप्रदातारः + ते; पितृपिण्डप्रदातारः बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणां पिण्डस्य प्रदातारः).
FAQs
It highlights three major tīrthas—Gaṅgā, Puṣkara, and especially Gayā—as highly meritorious locations for offering piṇḍas to the Pitṛs.
The verse singles out Gayā as particularly renowned for śrāddha and piṇḍa offerings, indicating an exceptional fruit compared to other sacred sites.
It encourages gratitude and responsibility toward one’s ancestors through prescribed rites, presenting remembrance and offering as a dharmic act that yields spiritual merit.