Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
अदत्तमौंजीदाना ये ये चादारपरिग्रहाः । तेभ्यो निर्वापितं पिंडमिह ह्यक्षयतां व्रजेत्
adattamauṃjīdānā ye ye cādāraparigrahāḥ | tebhyo nirvāpitaṃ piṃḍamiha hyakṣayatāṃ vrajet
Bahkan bagi mereka yang tidak pernah melakukan mauñjī-dāna (pemberian ikat pinggang suci) dan mereka yang hidup dengan menerima pemberian yang tidak wajar, piṇḍa yang dipersembahkan di sini menjadi berbuah akṣaya, tidak binasa, serta mengurniakan kepuasan yang tidak pernah gagal kepada mereka.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kapiladhārikā (contextual cluster within Kāśī pitṛ-tīrthas)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim at a Kāśī tīrtha-bank offers rice-balls (piṇḍa) with kuśa grass and water-libations; subtle ancestral figures receive satisfaction; the city’s ghāṭs and temples glow in the background.
FAQs
Kāśī’s tīrtha-power makes even imperfectly lived lives eligible for enduring benefit when piṇḍa is offered with faith.
The verse speaks generally of the local Kāśī-tīrtha context in Adhyāya 12, where multiple named tīrthas are being praised.
Offering a piṇḍa (piṇḍa-dāna) as part of śrāddha/ancestral propitiation, yielding akṣaya (imperishable) fruit.