Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
सौभाग्यवर्द्धनं तीर्थं जयदं दुःखनाशनम् । पिण्डदानेन चैकेन कुलानामुद्धरेत्त्रयम्
saubhāgyavarddhanaṃ tīrthaṃ jayadaṃ duḥkhanāśanam | piṇḍadānena caikena kulānāmuddharettrayam
இந்தத் தீர்த்தம் நல்வாழ்வை வளர்க்கும், வெற்றியை அருளும், துயரை நீக்கும். ஒரே பிண்டதானத்தினாலே ஒருவன் தன் குலத்தின் மூன்று தலைமுறைகளை உயர்த்துவான்.
Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Gautameśvara
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: On the river ghat, a devotee offers a single piṇḍa with sesame and water; three ancestral figures appear subtly behind, receiving uplift; the shrine of Gautameśvara glows, symbolizing fortune and victory.
FAQs
Dharma includes care for ancestors: tīrtha rites such as piṇḍa-dāna are portrayed as spiritually effective for family uplift and inner well-being.
Gautameśvara tīrtha on the Revā (Narmadā).
Piṇḍa-dāna (offering a funerary rice-ball) is explicitly praised as delivering three generations.