Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
तथा तत्र नरो भक्त्या संपूज्य पितृदेवताः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति दद्याद्वस्त्रद्विजातये
tathā tatra naro bhaktyā saṃpūjya pitṛdevatāḥ | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti dadyādvastradvijātaye
അതുപോലെ അവിടെ ഭക്തിയോടെ പിതൃദേവതകളെ സമ്യകായി പൂജിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും നേടുന്നു; കൂടാതെ ദ്വിജന് (ബ്രാഹ്മണന്) വസ്ത്രദാനം ചെയ്യണം.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Varuṇapada (context)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A pilgrim offers Pitṛ worship at the water’s edge; then respectfully presents folded garments to a dvija; the atmosphere suggests blessings descending—subtle symbols of fulfilled wishes (flowers, full vessels).
FAQs
Devotion expressed through ancestor-worship and charitable giving is taught as a complete path combining gratitude, purity, and merit.
The verse continues the tīrtha context of the lakes named in this adhyāya (Varuṇapada and Yakṣādhipa-saras) at Dvārakā.
Pitṛ-pūjā (worship/propitiation of ancestors) and vastra-dāna (donation of garments) to a dvija.