Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
स्नात्वा तत्र शुचिर्भूत्वा त्वथ संतर्पयेत्पितॄन् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति सर्वपापविवर्जितः
snātvā tatra śucirbhūtvā tvatha saṃtarpayetpitṝn | aśvamedhamavāpnoti sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ
तेथे स्नान करून शुद्ध होऊन जो पितरांना तृप्त करतो, तो सर्व पापांपासून मुक्त होऊन अश्वमेध यज्ञाचे फळ प्राप्त करतो.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Tritakūpa
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (Deveśi)
Scene: A pilgrim bathing in a sacred kund, then standing on the bank offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; subtle presence of pitṛs as translucent ancestral figures receiving offerings; purity and calm dominate.
FAQs
Tīrtha-practice unites purification and gratitude: bathing and honoring ancestors at a sanctified site yields immense merit and moral cleansing.
Tritakūpa tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha followed by pitṛ-tarpaṇa (offerings to ancestors).