Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
त्वदन्वये भविष्यंति पुत्रपौत्रास्तथा परे । कृत्ये श्राद्धे तर्पणे वा क्रियमाणे विधानतः
tvadanvaye bhaviṣyaṃti putrapautrāstathā pare | kṛtye śrāddhe tarpaṇe vā kriyamāṇe vidhānataḥ
तुझ्या वंशात पुत्र, पौत्र तसेच पुढील संतती नक्कीच होईल. आणि श्राद्ध वा तर्पण इत्यादी कर्म विधिपूर्वक केले असता ते यथाविधी संपन्न होईल।
Śiva (deduced from Trilocana context in this adhyāya sequence)
Type: ghat
Scene: A household/ghāṭa ritual scene: descendants performing śrāddha or tarpaṇa with kuśa grass, water in añjali, and a brāhmaṇa officiant guiding the vidhi; emphasis on orderly procedure.
FAQs
Rites for ancestors bear fruit when performed with proper injunctions and disciplined procedure.
It belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the exact named tīrtha is not specified in this single verse snippet.
Śrāddha and tarpaṇa should be performed vidhānataḥ—according to scriptural procedure.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.