Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तत्रैव संस्थिता देवि देवी अंशुमती नदी । तत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन पिडदानं तु दापयेत्
tatraiva saṃsthitā devi devī aṃśumatī nadī | tatra snātvā vidhānena piḍadānaṃ tu dāpayet
तेथेच, हे देवी, अंशुमती नावाची दिव्य नदी स्थित आहे. तेथे विधिपूर्वक स्नान करून पितरांसाठी पिंडदान करवावे.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Aṃśumatī-nadī (at Jaradgaveśvara)
Type: sangam
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At the Aṃśumatī riverbank, pilgrims bathe; a priest prepares piṇḍas on darbha grass; the nearby Jaradgaveśvara shrine is visible, tying river rite to liṅga worship.
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Pilgrimage integrates personal purification (snāna) with ancestral duty (piṇḍa-dāna), joining tīrtha with pitṛ-dharma.
The Aṃśumatī river tīrtha near Jaradgaveśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Bathing (snāna) by proper rule, followed by piṇḍa-dāna for ancestors.