Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
तर्पणात्पिंडदानाच्च नरकेष्वपि संस्थिताः । स्वर्गं प्रयांति पितरः सुपुत्रेणेह तारिताः
tarpaṇātpiṃḍadānācca narakeṣvapi saṃsthitāḥ | svargaṃ prayāṃti pitaraḥ suputreṇeha tāritāḥ
தர்ப்பணம் மற்றும் பிண்டதானம் செய்வதால் நரகத்தில் இருப்பவரான பித்ருக்களும் ஸ்வர்க்கத்தை அடைகின்றனர்; இங்கு சுபுத்திரன் அவர்களைத் தரிக்கிறான்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pitṛ-tarpaṇa/śrāddha-pradhāna tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devoted son at a sacred riverbank in Prabhāsa offers water with cupped palms and places rice piṇḍas on darbha, while subtle ancestral figures rise from a dark nether realm toward a luminous heaven.
FAQs
Filial rites for the ancestors, especially at sacred places, are portrayed as powerful acts of rescue and uplift.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s ritual setting, where tarpaṇa and piṇḍa offerings are being praised.
Tarpaṇa (water/libations) and piṇḍa-dāna (rice-ball offerings) for the pitṛs.