Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
तर्पिताः पितरो येन संप्राप्य मणिकर्णिकाम् । सप्तसप्त तथा सप्त पूर्वजास्तेन तारिताः
tarpitāḥ pitaro yena saṃprāpya maṇikarṇikām | saptasapta tathā sapta pūrvajāstena tāritāḥ
जो मणिकर्णिकेला येऊन पितरांचे तर्पण करतो, तो सात-सात आणि पुन्हा सात अशा पिढ्यांतील पूर्वजांना तारतो।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee at the river’s edge offering water with cupped hands (tarpana) at Maṇikarṇikā; translucent ancestral figures receive offerings and rise upward in three tiers, indicating ‘seven-seven-seven’ generations delivered.
FAQs
Acts of devotion and ancestral offerings at a powerful tīrtha can uplift and ‘carry across’ many generations of one’s forebears.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying/propitiating the ancestors) performed after reaching Maṇikarṇikā.