Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25
मोचयेद्रौरवाद्घोरात्पूर्वजांश्च सहस्रशः । सिंधुस्नानं नरो राम प्रकरोति दिनत्रयम्
mocayedrauravādghorātpūrvajāṃśca sahasraśaḥ | siṃdhusnānaṃ naro rāma prakaroti dinatrayam
ഹേ രാമാ! മൂന്ന് ദിവസം സിന്ധുനദിയിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ ഭീകരമായ റൗരവ നരകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് തന്റെ ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് പൂർവ്വജരെയും മോചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.
Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Sindhu
Type: river
Listener: Rāma
Scene: On the broad banks of the Sindhu, a devotee performs three-day snāna and tarpaṇa with water cupped in hands; in the background, a dark vision of Raurava dissolves as ancestors rise toward light.
FAQs
Tīrtha practice is not only personal; it can be offered for the upliftment and release of one’s ancestors.
Sindhu (the Indus River) is praised as a powerful purification and ancestral-liberation tīrtha.
Sindhu-snāna (bathing in the Indus) performed for three consecutive days.