Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
पितामहं समासाद्य गयायां यैः पितामहाः । तर्पिता ब्राह्मणमुखे तेषामेते पितामहाः
pitāmahaṃ samāsādya gayāyāṃ yaiḥ pitāmahāḥ | tarpitā brāhmaṇamukhe teṣāmete pitāmahāḥ
गयेस जाऊन ज्यांनी ब्राह्मणमुखे तर्पण करून पितरांना तृप्त केले, त्यांच्या पितामहांना त्यातूनच उन्नती प्राप्त होते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Gayā
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Gayā near the riverbank, a householder offers water with sesame (tila) and food to Brāhmaṇas; behind them, translucent ancestral figures rise upward, signifying satisfaction and uplift.
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Serving Brāhmaṇas as a conduit for ancestral rites is affirmed as an effective way to satisfy and uplift one’s Pitṛs.
Gayā is presented as a premier tīrtha for Pitṛ-kārya such as tarpaṇa and śrāddha.
Tarpaṇa/propitiation of ancestors, performed via offerings and feeding given to Brāhmaṇas.