Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
स्नात्वा च परया भक्त्या पितॄन्संतर्पयेत्ततः । विश्वेदेवादि संपूज्य पितॄणां श्राद्धमाचरेत्
snātvā ca parayā bhaktyā pitṝnsaṃtarpayettataḥ | viśvedevādi saṃpūjya pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhamācaret
స్నానం చేసి పరమభక్తితో పితృదేవతలకు తర్పణం చేయాలి. అనంతరం విశ్వేదేవాదులను విధివిధానంగా పూజించి పితృశ్రాద్ధం ఆచరించాలి.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Gomatī–Udadhisaṅgama (Dvārakā)
Type: sangam
Scene: A pilgrim at the Gomatī’s edge after bathing, offering water with kuśa to ancestors; nearby a small altar for Viśvedevas with lamps and flowers; brāhmaṇas seated for śrāddha rites; Dvārakā’s sea-horizon in the background.
FAQs
Tīrtha practice includes gratitude to lineage—honoring the Pitṛs is integral to dharma and spiritual prosperity.
Dvārakā’s tīrtha regimen at the Gomatī–ocean sacred zone where snāna and śrāddha are recommended.
After snāna: perform pitṛ-tarpaṇa, worship the Viśvedevas, and then conduct śrāddha for the ancestors.