Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
स एकः परमः पुत्रो यो गत्वा तत्र सुन्दरि । ददेच्छ्राद्धं पितॄणां च तस्यांतो नैव विद्यते
sa ekaḥ paramaḥ putro yo gatvā tatra sundari | dadecchrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tasyāṃto naiva vidyate
Wahai yang jelita, hanya dialah putera yang tertinggi: yang pergi ke sana dan mempersembahkan śrāddha kepada para Pitṛ (leluhur); bagi pahala itu, tiada bertepi dan tiada berakhir.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (pitṛ-śrāddha-pradhāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sundarī Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devoted son arrives after travel, bows at the riverbank, performs śrāddha for pitṛs; behind him, a faint ancestral presence receives offerings; the horizon suggests the vastness of ‘endless’ merit.
FAQs
Filial dharma is fulfilled through honoring ancestors; at a great tīrtha, that duty yields inexhaustible merit.
The ‘there’ refers to the Devikā-taṭa/Umāpatīśvara setting within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Perform śrāddha for the Pitṛs at that holy place.