Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
महानदीं प्राप्य दिनं च विष्णोस्तोयांजलिं यस्तुपितॄन्ददाति । श्राद्धं कृतं तेन समाः सहस्रं यच्छन्ति कामान्पितरः सुतृप्ताः
mahānadīṃ prāpya dinaṃ ca viṣṇostoyāṃjaliṃ yastupitṝndadāti | śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ tena samāḥ sahasraṃ yacchanti kāmānpitaraḥ sutṛptāḥ
Setelah sampai ke Mahānadī, pada hari suci bagi Viṣṇu, sesiapa yang mempersembahkan segenggam air (tarpana) kepada Pitṛ (leluhur), maka dengan perbuatan itu seolah-olah telah dilakukan Śrāddha selama seribu tahun; dan para leluhur yang puas akan mengurniakan hajat yang diingini.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Mahānadī-tīrtha
Type: river
Scene: At a broad sacred riverbank, a devotee stands facing the water, offering an añjali of water for pitṛs; behind, a small Viṣṇu shrine/flag; above, satisfied ancestors appear serene, granting boons.
FAQs
A tīrtha-based act of Pitṛ-tarpaṇa, done with devotion on a Viṣṇu-sacred day, is magnified into enduring dharma: it pleases the ancestors and returns blessings to the devotee.
The Mahānadī tīrtha associated with Dvārakā in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Offering a water-oblation (toyāñjali / tarpana) to the Pitṛs at the Mahānadī, which is praised as equivalent to having performed Śrāddha for a thousand years.