Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
श्राद्धे पितॄणां संतृप्त्यै दास्यंति कपिलां शुभाम् । येत्र तेषां पितृगणो वसेत्क्षीरोदरोधसि
śrāddhe pitṝṇāṃ saṃtṛptyai dāsyaṃti kapilāṃ śubhām | yetra teṣāṃ pitṛgaṇo vasetkṣīrodarodhasi
श्राद्धकाळी पितरांच्या पूर्ण तृप्तीसाठी जे येथे शुभ कपिला गाय दान करतात, त्यांच्या पितृगणांचा वास क्षीरसागराच्या तीरावर होतो।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāpiladhārā (contextual continuity) / the referenced Kāśī tīrtha for kapilā-dāna
Type: ghat
Scene: A tawny cow adorned with garlands is gifted near sacred waters; the donor performs saṅkalpa for pitṛs; above, a visionary tableau shows Pitṛs seated on luminous shores of the Milk-Ocean.
FAQs
Go-dāna performed with Pitṛ-intent at a powerful tīrtha yields exalted ancestral upliftment, symbolized by residence near the Milk-Ocean.
The same Kāśī Pitṛ-tīrtha at/near the Sūrya–Indu-saṅgama, praised for extraordinary śrāddha fruit.
During śrāddha, donate an auspicious kapilā cow here to enhance Pitṛ-saṃtṛpti.