Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66
तिलमिश्रेण तोयेनातर्पयत्पितृदेवताः । गृह्यास्थीनि ततो राजा चिक्षेपान्तर्जले तदा
tilamiśreṇa toyenātarpayatpitṛdevatāḥ | gṛhyāsthīni tato rājā cikṣepāntarjale tadā
तिलमिश्रितेन तोयेन पितृदेवताः तर्पयामास; ततः स राजा अस्थीनि गृहीत्वा तदा अन्तर्जले प्राक्षिपत्।
Narrator
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: On a riverbank, the king offers tila-mixed water as tarpaṇa; then reverently gathers bones/ashes and consigns them into the flowing Revā, with priests and ritual vessels nearby.
FAQs
Pitṛ-dharma performed at a tīrtha transforms ancestral rites into a powerful channel of merit and upliftment.
The Revā/Narmadā sacred waters, central to the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa using tila-miśra toya (sesame-mixed water) and the immersion of asthi (relics) into the river.