Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66
कृकलासे कृतं श्राद्धं येनैव तर्पणं तथा । स गच्छेद्विष्णुलोकं तु पितृभिः सहितो नरः
kṛkalāse kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ yenaiva tarpaṇaṃ tathā | sa gacchedviṣṇulokaṃ tu pitṛbhiḥ sahito naraḥ
കൃകലാസത്തിൽ ശ്രാദ്ധം നടത്തി അവിടെയേ തർപ്പണവും ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ പിതൃകളോടുകൂടെ വിഷ്ണുലോകത്തിലേക്കു പോകുന്നു.
Unspecified (tīrtha-māhātmya narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Kṛkalāsa
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrim audience within Dvārakāmāhātmya
Scene: At the Kṛkalāsa tīrtha, a man performs śrāddha and pours tarpaṇa water with sesame; behind him, subtle ethereal forms of Pitṛs appear satisfied; above, a luminous Viṣṇu-loka vision opens.
FAQs
Serving the Pitṛs through śrāddha and tarpaṇa at a praised tīrtha unites family-line merit with Viṣṇu-bhakti and liberation-oriented reward.
Kṛkalāsa, a named tīrtha celebrated within the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Perform śrāddha and tarpaṇa at Kṛkalāsa.