Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
माता च पुत्रिणी तेन पिता चैव पितामहाः । पिंडदानं कृतं येन गोमत्यां कृष्णसन्निधौ
mātā ca putriṇī tena pitā caiva pitāmahāḥ | piṃḍadānaṃ kṛtaṃ yena gomatyāṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau
ഗോമതി തീരത്ത് ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണസന്നിധിയിൽ പിണ്ഡദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവനാൽ മാതാവ് പുത്രവതിയായി ധന്യയാകുന്നു; പിതാവും പിതാമഹാദി പൂർവ്വികരും തൃപ്തരാകുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Listener: Nṛpa (king)
Scene: At Gomati’s ghat, a devotee offers piṇḍas with kuśa grass and water, facing the Dvārakādhiśa temple; subtle ancestral figures receive blessings; Kṛṣṇa’s presence is felt as a protective aura over the rite.
FAQs
Dharma includes care for ancestors; performing piṇḍa-dāna at a great tīrtha sanctifies one’s lineage and fulfills filial duty.
The Gomati river at/near Dvārakā, specifically ‘in the presence of Kṛṣṇa’.
Piṇḍa-dāna (a śrāddha-related ancestral offering) to be performed on the Gomati near Kṛṣṇa’s sacred presence.