Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
तस्मिञ्छ्राद्धं नरः कृत्वा वाजिमेधफलं लभेत् । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः
tasmiñchrāddhaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet | prasādāddevadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ
ผู้ใดประกอบศราทธะ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมได้ผลบุญดุจพิธีอัศวเมธ—ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งพระวิษณุ เทวะเหนือเทวะ ผู้มีรัศมีหาประมาณมิได้
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; following Īśvara’s assent)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)
Scene: A śrāddha rite on the tīrtha-bank: darbha grass, piṇḍas, water offerings, brāhmaṇas seated; above, a radiant Viṣṇu of immeasurable splendor signifies prasāda granting Aśvamedha-equivalent fruit.
FAQs
Tīrtha-śrāddha magnifies ancestral rites; when performed at a sanctified place it can equal the merit of great Vedic sacrifices.
The ‘there’ indicates the Prabhāsakṣetra sacred locus associated with Janārdana’s promised presence.
Śrāddha (ancestor rite) to be performed at the site, yielding extraordinary merit.