Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
तस्मिन्दिने च तत्तीर्थे पिंडदानादि कारयेत् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम्
tasmindine ca tattīrthe piṃḍadānādi kārayet | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam
Pada hari itu, di tīrtha itu juga, hendaklah dilakukan piṇḍa-dāna dan upacara yang berkaitan. Buahnya: sedekah yang dipersembahkan kepada para leluhur menjadi akṣaya, tidak akan lenyap.
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dvārāvatī Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
Scene: At the ghat, a householder with priest performs piṇḍadāna: rice-balls placed on darbha, water libations poured; the river gleams; subtle ancestral presence is suggested as calm, luminous silhouettes receiving the offering.
FAQs
Offerings to the Pitṛs, when done at an empowered tīrtha and auspicious time, yield inexhaustible merit.
The Dvārāvatī Tīrtha mentioned in the immediately preceding verse.
Piṇḍadāna (piṇḍa-offerings) and allied śrāddha-type rites for the ancestors.