Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा विधानेन मृदमालिप्य पाणिना । स्नायाच्छ्रद्धासमायुक्तस्तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः
arghyaṃ dattvā vidhānena mṛdamālipya pāṇinā | snāyācchraddhāsamāyuktastarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ
വിധിപ്രകാരം അർഘ്യം അർപ്പിച്ച്, കൈകൊണ്ട് പവിത്ര മണ്ണ് ലേപിച്ച്, ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് പിതൃദേവതകൾക്ക് തർപ്പണം നടത്തണം।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha (bathing-ghāṭa context)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim completes the rite: arghya offered, sacred clay smeared on limbs, immersion bath, then seated at the water’s edge performing tarpaṇa with cupped hands for pitṛs and devas.
FAQs
Purification rites are completed by gratitude to lineage—honoring the Pitṛs alongside devotion to the deity.
The Dvārakā tīrtha context of Adhyāya 13, culminating in bathing and ancestral offerings associated with Gopikā-sara.
Offer arghya, apply sacred clay, bathe with faith, and perform pitṛ-tarpaṇa.