Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39
स तेषु रुधिराम्भस्तु ह्रदेषु क्रोधमूर्छितः । पितॄन् संतर्पयामास रुधिरेणेति नः श्रुतम्
sa teṣu rudhirāmbhastu hradeṣu krodhamūrchitaḥ | pitṝn saṃtarpayāmāsa rudhireṇeti naḥ śrutam
அந்த இரத்தநீர் நிறைந்த ஏரிகளில் அவன்—இன்னும் கோபமூர்ச்சையுடன்—இரத்தத்தால் பித்ருக்களைத் தர்ப்பணம் செய்து திருப்திப்படுத்தினான்; இவ்வாறு நாம் கேட்டோம்।
Purāṇic narrator
Tirtha: Samantapañcaka (Rudhirahrada tradition)
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)
Scene: Paraśurāma stands at the edge of blood-filled lakes, offering tarpaṇa to the Pitṛs—an unsettling juxtaposition of sacred rite and horrific substance, with unseen ancestors receiving the offering.
FAQs
It juxtaposes ancestral duty (pitṛ-kārya) with the peril of anger, portraying how even dharma-acts can be colored by one’s inner state.
The rudhira-hradas at Samantapañcaka are central, forming a famous tīrtha-memory within Purāṇic sacred geography.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (offering of libations to ancestors) is described as being performed at the lakes.
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