Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
कुलानि यान्यतीतानि भविष्याणि च यानि वै । तारयेत्स नरो देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा
kulāni yānyatītāni bhaviṣyāṇi ca yāni vai | tārayetsa naro devi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
தேவி! இவ்வாறு செய்பவன் கடந்த காலத்திலும் வருங்காலத்திலும் உள்ள குலங்களைத் தாரகனாய் உயர்த்துவான்; இதில் ஐயமோ ஆராய்ச்சியோ வேண்டாம்.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa/Mahākuṇḍa with Bhairaveśvara worship
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A devotee offers water (tarpaṇa) at the kuṇḍa after worship; behind him, faint ancestral silhouettes rise upward, while unborn descendants are symbolically shown as a luminous lineage stream.
FAQs
A devotee’s tīrtha-based worship is portrayed as benefitting not only oneself but one’s entire lineage—past and future.
The Bhairaveśvara/Brahmakuṇḍa pilgrimage setting of Prabhāsakṣetra (context from the surrounding verses).
Implied continuation of the prior rite: bathing and worship at the site, yielding kula-tāraṇa as fruit.