Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
कपिला तत्र दातव्या पित्ःनुद्दिश्य भारत । इत्युच्चार्य द्विजे देया यान्तु ते परमां गतिम्
kapilā tatra dātavyā pitḥnuddiśya bhārata | ityuccārya dvije deyā yāntu te paramāṃ gatim
Wahai Bhārata, di sana hendaklah didermakan seekor lembu kapilā (berwarna coklat keemasan), dengan niat dipersembahkan kepada para Pitṛ. Dengan mengucap demikian, berikanlah kepada Brāhmaṇa: “Semoga mereka mencapai darjat yang tertinggi.”
Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Nārada-pratiṣṭhita Śūlin-tīrtha (unnamed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed as ‘O Bhārata’)
Scene: A devotee offers a tawny cow (kapilā) to a brāhmaṇa at the tīrtha, hands joined after the gift; the spoken benediction for the Pitṛs is central, with ritual witnesses and river backdrop.
FAQs
Gifts offered with clear intention for the ancestors become a means for their upliftment and peace.
The chapter’s Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha, where pitṛ-dāna is said to bear heightened fruit.
Kapilā go-dāna to a Brāhmaṇa, explicitly dedicated to the Pitṛs with a spoken saṅkalpa.