Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66
कृकलासे कृतं श्राद्धं येनैव तर्पणं तथा । स गच्छेद्विष्णुलोकं तु पितृभिः सहितो नरः
kṛkalāse kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ yenaiva tarpaṇaṃ tathā | sa gacchedviṣṇulokaṃ tu pitṛbhiḥ sahito naraḥ
ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਕ੍ਰਿਕਲਾਸ ਤੀਰਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰਾਦ੍ਹ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਹੀ ਤਰਪਣ ਵੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਿਤਰਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੁਲੋਕ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Unspecified (tīrtha-māhātmya narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Kṛkalāsa
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrim audience within Dvārakāmāhātmya
Scene: At the Kṛkalāsa tīrtha, a man performs śrāddha and pours tarpaṇa water with sesame; behind him, subtle ethereal forms of Pitṛs appear satisfied; above, a luminous Viṣṇu-loka vision opens.
FAQs
Serving the Pitṛs through śrāddha and tarpaṇa at a praised tīrtha unites family-line merit with Viṣṇu-bhakti and liberation-oriented reward.
Kṛkalāsa, a named tīrtha celebrated within the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Perform śrāddha and tarpaṇa at Kṛkalāsa.