Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 111
पितॄनुद्दिश्य पिंडानां दातारो येऽत्र गालव । स्वर्गं प्रयांति ते सर्वे पितरश्चापि तर्प्पिताः
pitṝnuddiśya piṃḍānāṃ dātāro ye'tra gālava | svargaṃ prayāṃti te sarve pitaraścāpi tarppitāḥ
ഹേ ഗാലവാ! ഇവിടെ പിതൃങ്ങളെ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച് പിണ്ഡദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ എല്ലാവരും സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു; പിതൃഗണങ്ങളും തൃപ്തരാകുന്നു।
Viṣṇu (implied; addressing Gālava)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextually at Dharmapuṣkariṇī)
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame; not named in this verse)
Scene: A serene tīrtha-bank where a devotee offers rice-balls (piṇḍas) with kuśa grass and water-libations; subtle presence of satisfied Pitṛs receiving the offering; sacred water glows with tīrtha-tejas.
FAQs
Dharma includes responsibility to one’s ancestors; tīrtha-based offerings are said to uplift both giver and Pitṛs.
The same Setukhaṇḍa sacred site—Cakratīrtha/Dharmapuṣkariṇī—where piṇḍa offerings are praised.
Piṇḍa-dāna dedicated to the Pitṛs (ancestral offering), resulting in svarga for the performer and tarpaṇa for ancestors.