Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
यस्तत्र कुरुते श्राद्धं सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यंते पितृमेधे कृते यथा
yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | pitarastasya tṛpyaṃte pitṛmedhe kṛte yathā
അവിടെ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്യുന്നവന്റെ പിതൃക്കൾ, പിതൃമേധകർമ്മം ചെയ്തതുപോലെ തൃപ്തരാകുന്നു.
Sūta
Type: ghat
Listener: ṛṣis
Scene: A pilgrim at a sacred water-edge performs śrāddha: kuśa-grass seat, piṇḍas on leaf-plates, water-libations; subtle ancestral figures receive offerings with serene satisfaction.
FAQs
Pitṛ-dharma performed with faith at a sacred site powerfully benefits one’s ancestors.
Agastya’s hermitage tīrtha (the ‘there’ of Adhyāya 33), praised as especially efficacious for śrāddha.
Śrāddha performed properly (samyak) with faith (śraddhā) at the site; it yields Pitṛmedha-like satisfaction to the ancestors.