Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
सन्तर्प्य च पितॄन्भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । तत्र विष्णुं तु संपूज्य कृत्वा जागरणं निशि
santarpya ca pitṝnbhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ | tatra viṣṇuṃ tu saṃpūjya kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi
ដោយសេចក្តីភក្តី ខ្ញុំបានបំពេញបិត្ដរទាំងឡាយ (បុព្វបុរស) ហើយរួចផុតពីបាបទាំងអស់។ នៅទីនោះ បន្ទាប់ពីបូជាព្រះវិṣṇុយ៉ាងគ្រប់គ្រាន់ គួរតែធ្វើការយាមភ្ញាក់ពេញរាត្រី។
Unspecified in snippet; contextually a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener (likely a male devotee addressed as 'priye' appears in v.12, suggesting a dialogue narration).
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Prabhāsa’s water-edge, a devotee offers tarpaṇa to ancestors with folded hands; nearby, a Viṣṇu shrine is worshipped with flowers and incense; night falls and lamps are lit for an all-night vigil with chanting.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through ancestral rites and sincere worship at a sacred tīrtha purifies even grave sins.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa), a renowned sacred geography in the Skanda Purāṇa.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying ancestors), Viṣṇu-pūjā, and night-long jāgaraṇa (vigil) as a vrata.