Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
यस्तत्र कुरुते श्राद्धं पितॄनुद्दिश्य भावितः । तदक्षयं भवेच्छ्राद्धं पितॄणां तृप्तिकारकम्
yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ pitṝnuddiśya bhāvitaḥ | tadakṣayaṃ bhavecchrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikārakam
ആർ അവിടെ ഭക്തിഭാവത്തോടെ പിതൃകളെ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച് ശ്രാദ്ധം നടത്തുമോ, അവന്റെ ശ്രാദ്ധം അക്ഷയമായി പിതൃകൾക്ക് തൃപ്തി നൽകുന്നതാകും।
Sūta
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Riverbank śrāddha: a devotee seated on kuśa grass, offering piṇḍa and tila-water with añjali; pitṛs depicted subtly as satisfied luminous ancestors receiving offerings; brāhmaṇas present.
FAQs
Dharma includes gratitude to forebears; tīrthas magnify such rites, making offerings spiritually enduring.
The same tīrtha where Gaṅgā abides and where the Viśvāmitra-linked waters are praised.
Śrāddha performed there with intention toward the Pitṛs yields akṣaya (imperishable) merit and Pitṛ-satisfaction.