Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
यत्र भक्तियुता लोकास्तर्पयिष्यंति वै पितॄन् । तेऽश्वमेधफलं प्राप्य प्रयास्यंति परां गतिम्
yatra bhaktiyutā lokāstarpayiṣyaṃti vai pitṝn | te'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya prayāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim
അവിടെ ഭക്തിശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ജനങ്ങൾ പിതൃകളെ തർപ്പണം ചെയ്ത് തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തും; അവർ അശ്വമേധയാഗഫലം പ്രാപിച്ച് പരമഗതിയിലേക്കു പോകും।
Pitṛs (ancestors)
Tirtha: Rāmahrada
Type: kund
Listener: Rāma (and by extension future pilgrims)
Scene: Devotees at the hrada offer water with cupped hands and kuśa, invoking ancestors; a subtle celestial scale shows Aśvamedha merit outweighing ordinary acts; a path of light suggests ‘parā gati’.
FAQs
Devotional ancestral rites at a sanctified tīrtha can yield extraordinary merit—comparable to major Vedic sacrifices—leading toward liberation.
Rāmahrada, where Pitṛ-tarpaṇa performed with bhakti grants exceptional fruit.
Perform Pitṛ-tarpaṇa with devotion at the tīrtha; the promised fruit is equated with Aśvamedha-phala.