Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 58
माघे कृष्णचतुर्दश्यां यात्रा सांवत्सरी भवेत् । तत्र स्नानं पितॄणान्तु तर्पणं च विशेषतः
māghe kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yātrā sāṃvatsarī bhavet | tatra snānaṃ pitṝṇāntu tarpaṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
ในวันจตุรทศีแห่งกฤษณปักษ์ เดือนมาฆะ การจาริกย่อมให้ผลเท่าหนึ่งปี ที่นั่นพึงอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ และโดยเฉพาะพึงถวายตัรปณะ (น้ำบูชา) แด่ปิตฤ คือบรรพชน
Viśvāmitra (deduced from Adhyāya context; confirmed later in 66)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-yātrā (Māgha kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Māgha pilgrimage scene: winter morning at Sarayū, pilgrims wrapped in shawls, performing snāna and then tarpaṇa facing the river, with offerings arranged on the steps.
FAQs
A timely pilgrimage and tīrtha-bath, joined with ancestral offerings, condenses great merit—like a year’s puṇya—into one observance.
Ayodhyā’s sacred tīrtha context within the Ayodhyāmāhātmya (the verse speaks of ‘there’—tatra—within that praised locale).
Snāna (holy bathing) and Pitṛ-tarpaṇa, particularly on Māgha Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī.