Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
यत्फलं सत्त्रयज्ञेन तद्भवेन्नात्र संशयः । तेन द्वादशवर्षाणि पितरः संप्रतर्पिताः
yatphalaṃ sattrayajñena tadbhavennātra saṃśayaḥ | tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraḥ saṃpratarpitāḥ
സത്രയജ്ഞത്തിൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലം തന്നെയാണ് ഇവിടെ സംശയമില്ലാതെ ലഭിക്കുക. ആ കർമം മൂലം പിതൃകൾ പന്ത്രണ്ടു വർഷം തൃപ്തരാകുന്നു.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Meghanāda (Garjana) Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A priest completes piṇḍa-dāna; subtle vision of pitṛs receiving offerings, appearing content; a symbolic ‘twelve-year’ motif shown as a wheel of time or twelve solar marks around the scene.
FAQs
Tīrtha-based rites can equal major Vedic sacrifices, and properly directed merit supports one’s ancestors (pitṛs).
Garjana/Meghanāda Tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.
Ancestral satisfaction is linked to rites at the tīrtha, especially piṇḍa-dāna/tarpaṇa implied from the preceding verse.