Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76
दद्यात्पिण्डं पितृभ्यो यस्तस्यांतो नैव विद्यते । गोदानं तत्र देयं तु ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । श्रोतव्यं चैव माहात्म्यं द्रष्टव्यो जालकेश्वरः
dadyātpiṇḍaṃ pitṛbhyo yastasyāṃto naiva vidyate | godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu brāhmaṇe vedapārage | śrotavyaṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ draṣṭavyo jālakeśvaraḥ
तत्र यः पितृभ्यः पिण्डं दद्यात् तस्य अन्तो नैव विद्यते। तत्र वेदपारगे ब्राह्मणे गोदानं देयं; माहात्म्यं श्रोतव्यं, जालकेश्वरः द्रष्टव्यः॥
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative continuity into 339 where Īśvara speaks)
Tirtha: Jālakeśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra) and Devikā-tīrtha environs
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim couple at a riverbank altar offering piṇḍas (rice-balls) with kuśa grass; nearby a decorated cow is gifted to a serene Veda-knowing brāhmaṇa; in the background stands the Jālakeśvara liṅga shrine with water motifs; a reciter reads the māhātmya to gathered listeners.
FAQs
At Prabhāsa, ancestral rites, charity, and Śiva-darśana together yield inexhaustible merit and spiritual uplift.
Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically emphasizing darśana of Jālakeśvara.
Offering piṇḍa to the Pitṛs, performing go-dāna to a Veda-proficient brāhmaṇa, listening to the māhātmya, and taking darśana of Jālakeśvara.