Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 115
विशेषविधिनाभ्यर्च्य प्रणम्य च पुनःपुनः । सपुत्रेण च तेनैव पितॄणां विहिता गतिः
viśeṣavidhinābhyarcya praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ | saputreṇa ca tenaiva pitṝṇāṃ vihitā gatiḥ
เมื่อบูชาด้วยพิธีพิเศษตามบัญญัติ และกราบนอบน้อมซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า ชายผู้นั้นพร้อมด้วยบุตร ย่อมทำให้บรรพชน (ปิตฤ) ได้รับคติอันเป็นมงคลตามที่กำหนดไว้
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from adjoining context in Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Asmāhaka-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rājan (King)
Scene: A father and son stand at the shrine after ritual worship; both bow repeatedly; offerings are arranged; a subtle ancestral realm is hinted above—pitṛs receiving light and water, signifying ‘vihitā gati’.
FAQs
Proper worship performed with devotion and correct procedure benefits not only the practitioner but also uplifts the ancestors.
The broader context is the Revā (Narmadā) sacred region in the Āvantya Khaṇḍa’s Revā Khaṇḍa.
Worship by a ‘special rite’ (viśeṣa-vidhi) along with repeated prostration; the verse frames it as ancestral-benefiting practice.