Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
यदा मतिं च कुरुते द्वारकागमनं प्रति । तदा नरकनिर्मुक्ता गायन्ति पितरो दिवि
yadā matiṃ ca kurute dvārakāgamanaṃ prati | tadā narakanirmuktā gāyanti pitaro divi
ಯಾವಾಗ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ದ್ವಾರಕಾಗಮನದ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪವನ್ನೇ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಆಗ ನರಕದಿಂದ ವಿಮುಕ್ತರಾದ ಪಿತೃಗಳು ಸ್ವರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾನಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ।
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas
Scene: At the very thought of going to Dvārakā, the pilgrim’s ancestors are shown released from hell and singing in heaven—two-tier cosmology: a devotee forming resolve below, pitṛs rejoicing above.
FAQs
In tīrtha-māhātmya, even the sincere intention (saṅkalpa) to go to a supreme kṣetra generates merit benefiting one’s lineage.
Dvārakā-kṣetra, whose pilgrimage is said to uplift even the pitṛs.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on forming the resolve and undertaking the pilgrimage.