Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
श्राद्धं कृत्वा पर श्राद्धे योऽश्नीयाज्ज्ञानवर्जितः । दातुः श्राद्धफलं नास्ति भोक्ता किल्बिषभुग्भवेत्
śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā para śrāddhe yo'śnīyājjñānavarjitaḥ | dātuḥ śrāddhaphalaṃ nāsti bhoktā kilbiṣabhugbhavet
സ്വശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്ത ശേഷം അജ്ഞാനത്തോടെ മറ്റൊരാളുടെ ശ്രാദ്ധത്തിൽ ഭക്ഷിക്കുന്നവനാൽ ദാതാവിന് ശ്രാദ്ധഫലം ലഭിക്കുകയില്ല; ഭോജകൻ പാപഭാഗിയാകും.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A śrāddha in Kāśī: a donor offers piṇḍas and water to pitṛs; a learned brāhmaṇa advises that a recently-performed-śrāddha participant should refrain; the donor’s offering remains protected; the would-be eater steps back in humility.
FAQs
Śrāddha is a sacred duty; its merit depends on proper knowledge, intention, and disciplined participation.
The verse sits within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma-teaching; it supports the broader sanctity of performing ancestral rites in Kāśī.
Guidance on śrāddha-bhojana propriety: avoiding improper eating at others’ śrāddhas after one’s own, when lacking discernment.