Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
यः कश्चित्कुरुते श्राद्धं पितॄनुद्दिश्य भक्तितः । उद्धरेच्च पितुर्वर्गं मातुर्वर्गं नरोत्तमः
yaḥ kaścitkurute śrāddhaṃ pitṝnuddiśya bhaktitaḥ | uddharecca piturvargaṃ māturvargaṃ narottamaḥ
ఎవడైన పితృదేవతలను ఉద్దేశించి భక్తితో శ్రాద్ధం చేస్తాడో, ఆ నరోత్తముడు తన తండ్రి వంశమును, తల్లి వంశమును రెండింటినీ उद्धరిస్తాడు.
Unspecified (within the Guptaprayāga-māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Guptaprayāga
Type: sangam
Scene: On a riverbank at a hidden sangam, a devotee performs śrāddha: offering piṇḍas, tila and water; brāhmaṇas seated for bhojana; subtle presence of Pitṛs receiving offerings; maternal and paternal ancestral lines symbolically represented.
FAQs
Devotional śrāddha offered to the Pitṛs is portrayed as a powerful dharmic act that benefits one’s entire ancestral continuum.
This verse sits within the Guptaprayāga-māhātmya section of Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Performing śrāddha—ancestral offerings—specifically dedicated to the Pitṛs, done with bhakti (devotion).