Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
ते धन्याः पितृभक्तास्ते प्रीणितास्तैः पितामहाः । पैत्रादृणाद्धर्मतीर्थे निष्कृतिर्यैः कृता सुतैः
te dhanyāḥ pitṛbhaktāste prīṇitāstaiḥ pitāmahāḥ | paitrādṛṇāddharmatīrthe niṣkṛtiryaiḥ kṛtā sutaiḥ
जे पुत्र पितृभक्त आहेत ते धन्य; त्यांच्या योगे पितामह पूर्ण तृप्त होतात. जे पुत्र धर्मतीर्थी प्रायश्चित्त करून पितृ-ऋणातून मुक्त होतात, तेच खरे भाग्यवान होत.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Dharmatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya (Kumbhaja)
Scene: At Dharmatīrtha, devoted sons perform pitṛ-kārya with water-offerings and śrāddha, while subtle ancestral figures appear gratified; the tīrtha is serene and dharmic.
FAQs
Filial piety expressed as Pitṛ-bhakti becomes dharma, and sacred acts at a tirtha can relieve one of ancestral obligations.
Dharmatīrtha in Kāśī (Varanasi), praised as a place where ancestral debt can be expiated.
Niṣkṛti (expiatory rites) connected with Pitṛs—implying śrāddha/dāna and related observances at Dharmatīrtha.