Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
तद्धरन्ति सुपुत्राश्च वैतरण्यां गतानपि । पुत्रेण लोकाञ्जयति पौत्रेण परमा गतिः
taddharanti suputrāśca vaitaraṇyāṃ gatānapi | putreṇa lokāñjayati pautreṇa paramā gatiḥ
Esse (fardo) é levado embora por filhos virtuosos, mesmo daqueles que chegaram ao Vaitaraṇī. Por um filho conquistam-se os mundos; por um neto alcança-se o destino supremo.
Atri (deduced from continuity before Anasūyā’s explicit speech at 17)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual) / Vaitaraṇī (eschatological)
Type: river
Scene: A symbolic scene of the Vaitaraṇī river—dark, fearsome—being crossed with the help of a virtuous son; above, a luminous ascent indicating ‘paramā gati’ associated with the grandson.
FAQs
Righteous lineage is portrayed as spiritually efficacious: good children are said to aid ancestors even across fearsome after-death passages.
The verse references Vaitaraṇī (a liminal afterlife river) rather than a terrestrial tīrtha; the broader setting remains the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.
No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on the merit (puṇya) associated with virtuous progeny.