Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
येऽबांधवा बांधवा ये येऽन्यजन्मनि बांधवाः । ते सर्वे तृप्तिमायांतु पिंडेनानेन सर्वदा
ye'bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā ye ye'nyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ | te sarve tṛptimāyāṃtu piṃḍenānena sarvadā
എന്റെ ബന്ധുക്കളല്ലാത്തവരും, എന്റെ ബന്ധുക്കളും, മറ്റൊരു ജന്മത്തിൽ ബന്ധുക്കളായിരുന്നവരും—അവർ എല്ലാവരും ഈ പിണ്ഡംകൊണ്ട് എപ്പോഴും തൃപ്തി പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ।
Ritual officiant/pilgrim reciting the piṇḍa-dāna saṅkalpa within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A calm ritual scene where the offerer gestures outward in all directions—toward strangers, family, and unseen past-life connections—depicted as concentric circles of subtle ancestral figures receiving nourishment from a single piṇḍa.
FAQs
Ritual generosity is universalized—one’s offering is extended beyond narrow lineage to all connected beings across births.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as a powerful place for pitṛ-related rites.
Piṇḍa-dāna with an inclusive saṅkalpa (intention) covering relatives and non-relatives, even across past births.