Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 154
मूर्ताश्चतुर्णां वर्णानां पितरः सप्तधा स्मृताः । ते हि सर्वे प्रयच्छंति दातुं सर्वं यतोप्सितम्
mūrtāścaturṇāṃ varṇānāṃ pitaraḥ saptadhā smṛtāḥ | te hi sarve prayacchaṃti dātuṃ sarvaṃ yatopsitam
ਚਾਰਾਂ ਵਰਣਾਂ ਲਈ ਪਿਤ੍ਰ ਮੂਰਤ ਰੂਪ ਵਾਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਸੱਤ ਭਾਗਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਭਾਜਿਤ ਮੰਨੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ; ਉਹ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਇੱਛਿਤ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਦੇਣ ਸਮਰਥ ਹਨ।
Mahākāla
Listener: a king
Scene: A schematic yet sacred depiction: four varṇas represented by archetypal figures, with seven pitṛ groups shown as attendant ancestral forms; offerings flow upward as light, symbolizing the granting of desired fruits.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma presents structured hierarchies of Pitṛs; when duly satisfied, they function as channels of blessing for desired aims.
No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse.
Implied: proper Śrāddha directed to the appropriate Pitṛ order yields the intended results.