Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
सूर्येंदु संगमे येत्र पितॄणां तृप्तिकामुकाः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयिष्यंति तेषां श्राद्धमनंतकम्
sūryeṃdu saṃgame yetra pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikāmukāḥ | brāhmaṇānbhojayiṣyaṃti teṣāṃ śrāddhamanaṃtakam
या सूर्य-चंद्र संगमस्थळी जे पितरांच्या तृप्तीसाठी ब्राह्मणांना भोजन घालतात, त्यांचे श्राद्ध पुण्यफलाने अनंत व अक्षय होते।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Sūryendu-saṅgama (as named in the verse)
Type: sangam
Scene: A dawn confluence: two luminous discs (Sun and Moon) symbolically above sacred waters; a householder offers piṇḍa and water-libations while Brāhmaṇas are respectfully fed on leaf-plates; Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temples silhouette the background.
FAQs
Charity through feeding the worthy, performed at an empowered sacred geography, multiplies the fruit of Pitṛ rites beyond measure.
The Sūrya–Indu-saṅgama tīrtha in Kāśī, associated with Pitṛ satisfaction.
Feeding Brāhmaṇas at the Sūrya–Indu confluence with the intention of Pitṛ-tṛpti is taught as a powerful śrāddha-supporting act.