Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59
तारयेत्स पितॄन्सर्वान्महानरकगानपि । श्रद्धया यः पिबेत्तोयं संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः
tārayetsa pitṝnsarvānmahānarakagānapi | śraddhayā yaḥ pibettoyaṃ saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ
तो सर्व पितरांचा—महान नरकात गेलेल्यांचाही—उद्धार करतो. जो पितृदेवतांना तृप्त करून श्रद्धेने हे जल प्राशन करतो…
Narrator of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya
Tirtha: Ravikuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: At the kuṇḍa’s edge, a pilgrim offers tarpana with cupped hands; behind him, faint ancestral figures rise from shadowy realms toward light, suggesting release from naraka through the water-offering and sipping rite.
FAQs
Care for ancestors through śraddhā and tarpaṇa is a powerful dharmic duty, believed to uplift even severely suffering Pitṛs.
The verse continues the Ravikuṇḍa/tīrtha-water context, praising its potency for Pitṛ upliftment.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying the Pitṛ-deities) and then drinking the tīrtha water with faith.