Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30
तेन पिण्डप्रदानेन नृत्यन्ति पितरस्तथा । शङ्खोद्धारे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयेद्बलकेशवौ
tena piṇḍapradānena nṛtyanti pitarastathā | śaṅkhoddhāre naraḥ snātvā pūjayedbalakeśavau
तेन पिण्डप्रदानेन पितरः प्रमुदा यथा नृत्यन्ति। शङ्खोद्धारे स्नात्वा नरः बलकेशवौ भक्त्या पूजयेत्॥
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhoddhāra
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim at a river-ford offers rice-balls (piṇḍas) on kuśa grass; subtle ancestral figures rejoice; after snāna he worships Bala and Keśava on a small riverside altar.
FAQs
Rites for ancestors are not merely formal—they are portrayed as truly nourishing and joy-giving, especially when completed with Viṣṇu-worship.
Śaṅkhoddhāra-tīrtha, where piṇḍa-offering and subsequent worship are especially fruitful.
Offer piṇḍas for the Pitṛs; bathe at Śaṅkhoddhāra; then worship Bala and Keśava.