Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
यत्रयत्र हि जायेत तत्रतत्र समृद्धिमान् । पितरोपि हि सुश्रीकास्तस्य स्युस्तीर्थगौरवात्
yatrayatra hi jāyeta tatratatra samṛddhimān | pitaropi hi suśrīkāstasya syustīrthagauravāt
เขาจะเกิด ณ ที่ใดก็ตาม ที่นั่นเองย่อมเป็นผู้มั่งคั่ง; และด้วยเดชแห่งความศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของตีรถะนั้น แม้ปิตฤของเขาก็ย่อมถึงพร้อมด้วยศรีอันรุ่งเรือง
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Sages
Scene: A symbolic montage: the devotee at the tīrtha, then scenes of future births in different lands where prosperity follows; behind, ancestors appear luminous and well-adorned, blessed by the tīrtha’s power.
FAQs
Tīrtha-merit is not merely personal; it follows the soul across births and benefits one’s lineage and ancestors.
The tīrtha being praised in this passage (contextually the Mahālakṣmī-related tīrtha sequence in Kāśī).
No new rite is added here; it states the enduring फल (result) of the prior snāna and dāna performed at the tīrtha.