Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
कृंतितैश्च तथा दर्भैः सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स प्राप्नोति फलं कृत्स्नं कृतघ्नप्रेततीर्थतः
kṛṃtitaiśca tathā darbhaiḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | sa prāpnoti phalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ kṛtaghnapretatīrthataḥ
—आणि विधिपूर्वक कापलेल्या दर्भांसह, सम्यक श्रद्धेने युक्त होऊन, तो ‘कृतघ्न-प्रेत-तीर्था’पासून संपूर्ण फल प्राप्त करतो।
Sūta (instructional praise)
Tirtha: Kṛtaghna-preta-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Close-up of the rite: darbha blades are neatly cut and arranged; the patron and priests perform śrāddha with focused devotion beside the sacred well, while the tīrtha’s name ‘Kṛtaghna-preta-tīrtha’ is proclaimed as the source of complete fruit.
FAQs
Faith (śraddhā) and correct ritual conduct perfect the outcome; the tīrtha is praised for granting the rite’s full merit.
Kṛtaghna-preta-tīrtha—identified as the pitṛ-focused tīrtha associated with the famed kūpikā at this spot.
Use properly cut darbha grass and perform the śrāddha with sincere faith to obtain the complete phala.