Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
पिण्डदानाद्गयातुल्यं लप्स्यंते फलमुत्तमम् । पुण्यदानफलं चात्र संख्याहीनं द्विजोत्तम
piṇḍadānādgayātulyaṃ lapsyaṃte phalamuttamam | puṇyadānaphalaṃ cātra saṃkhyāhīnaṃ dvijottama
येथे पिंडदान केल्यास गयेसमान उत्तम फल मिळते. तसेच या स्थानी पुण्यदानाचे फळ, हे द्विजोत्तम, गणनेपलीकडे आहे.
Pulastya (contextual)
Tirtha: Māmuhrada
Type: kund
Listener: Dvijottama
Scene: On a stone ghat beside a calm kund, a householder offers piṇḍas of rice and sesame with darbha grass, while a priest guides mantras; ancestors are suggested as subtle luminous forms receiving offerings; nearby, gifts of food and cloth are distributed.
FAQs
The Purāṇic tradition elevates certain tīrthas as spiritually potent—ancestral offerings and charity there yield extraordinary, immeasurable merit.
The local Arbuda Khaṇḍa tīrtha under discussion is praised as ‘Gayā-like’ for piṇḍadāna efficacy.
Piṇḍadāna (ancestral offering) and puṇya-dāna (charitable gifting) performed at this tīrtha.