Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
तत्र श्राद्धं नरः कृत्वा गां दत्त्वा च पयस्विनीम् । यथोक्तसर्वाभरणां क्षीरोदे वासयेत्पितॄन्
tatra śrāddhaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā gāṃ dattvā ca payasvinīm | yathoktasarvābharaṇāṃ kṣīrode vāsayetpitṝn
នៅទីនោះ បុរសម្នាក់ធ្វើពិធីស្រាទ្ធ ហើយបរិច្ចាគគោឲ្យទឹកដោះដែលតុបតែងគ្រឿងអលង្ការតាមបញ្ញត្តិ នោះគាត់ធ្វើឲ្យបិតរបុព្វបុរសរបស់ខ្លួនស្នាក់នៅដោយសុខសាន្តក្នុង ‘ក្សីរោទ’ ដែនសមុទ្រទឹកដោះ។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kṣīrābdhi / Kṣīroda-tīrtha (before Keśava)
Type: ghat
Scene: At the Kṣīrābdhi tīrtha, a householder performs śrāddha with offerings; a well-adorned milk-cow is gifted; in a visionary overlay, satisfied ancestors dwell in a luminous ‘Kṣīroda’ realm.
FAQs
Dharma toward one’s ancestors—performed at a potent tīrtha with proper charity—brings lasting welfare to the Pitṛs and merit to the doer.
Kṣīrābdhi/Kṣīroda tīrtha area in Kāśī, associated with ancestral rites.
Perform śrāddha and give go-dāna: a milk-yielding cow, adorned according to injunction.