Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
मदीयाः पितरो ये च कुले जाताः सनाभयः । तेषां पिण्डप्रदाताऽहमागतोऽस्मिन्पितामहाः
madīyāḥ pitaro ye ca kule jātāḥ sanābhayaḥ | teṣāṃ piṇḍapradātā'hamāgato'sminpitāmahāḥ
ഹേ പിതാമഹന്മാരേ, എന്റെ കുലത്തിൽ ജനിച്ച ഒരേ വംശബന്ധുക്കളായ പിതൃപുരുഷർക്കായി പിണ്ഡം അർപ്പിക്കുന്നവനായി ഞാൻ ഇവിടെ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു।
Ritual formula prescribed in the narrative (addressing the Pitṛs)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devotee kneels at the tīrtha edge with darbha and a leaf-plate of rice-balls, addressing unseen ancestors as ‘pitāmaha’ and offering piṇḍas for the whole lineage.
FAQs
Honoring one’s lineage through offerings is a key duty (pitṛ-ṛṇa) and sustains dharma across generations.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where ancestor offerings are described as especially efficacious.
Declaring oneself as the piṇḍa-giver to one’s ancestors as part of the śrāddha invocation at the tīrtha.