Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
पित्रर्थं च पितृव्यस्य मातुर्मातामहस्य च । मातुलस्य तथा भ्रातुः श्वशुरस्य सुतस्य च
pitrarthaṃ ca pitṛvyasya māturmātāmahasya ca | mātulasya tathā bhrātuḥ śvaśurasya sutasya ca
पित्रर्थं पितृव्यस्य मातुर्मातामहस्य च । मातुलस्य तथा भ्रातुः श्वशुरस्य सुतस्य च ॥
Uncertain from snippet (continuation of tīrtha-merit allocation rules; speaker not named here)
Tirtha: Revā ghāṭ tarpaṇa/śrāddha context (general)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim at a Narmadā ghāṭ performs tarpaṇa with cupped hands, sesame and water, reciting names of father, uncles, maternal kin, in-laws, and son; subtle ancestral figures appear in the background receiving offerings.
FAQs
Sacred acts at tīrthas can be dedicated for the welfare of specific family relations, linking pilgrimage with familial dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named; it continues a general teaching about tīrtha acts and dedication.
It lists relatives for whom one may perform a tīrtha-related act (contextually, bathing/pilgrimage dedication).
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