Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
श्राद्धं गंगार्णवे चात्र मत्पितॄणां त्वमाचर । अहं चैवापि तपसः संचितस्यापि जन्मना । चतुर्भागं प्रदास्यामि एवमेवैतदाचर
śrāddhaṃ gaṃgārṇave cātra matpitṝṇāṃ tvamācara | ahaṃ caivāpi tapasaḥ saṃcitasyāpi janmanā | caturbhāgaṃ pradāsyāmi evamevaitadācara
Dito sa Gaṅgārṇava, isagawa mo ang śrāddha para sa aking mga Pitṛ, ang mga ninuno. At ipagkakaloob ko sa iyo ang ikaapat na bahagi ng bisa ng aking tapas (pag-aayuno at pagninilay) na naipon ko sa buong buhay. Gawin mo ito—tuparin nang ganap.
Devaśarman
Tirtha: Gaṅgārṇava
Type: tirtha
Listener: Nārada (addressed later in the sequence)
Scene: At Gaṅgārṇava’s sacred waters, a sage instructs a devotee to perform pitṛ-śrāddha; the atmosphere is ritualistic—kuśa grass, piṇḍas, water-offerings, and a solemn promise of sharing tapas-merit (one-fourth).
FAQs
Pitṛ-dharma performed at a sacred Gaṅgā tīrtha brings great benefit, and spiritual merit can be shared through righteous intention.
Gaṅgārṇava, a Gaṅgā-associated sacred place where śrāddha for ancestors is prescribed.
Perform śrāddha for the speaker’s ancestors at Gaṅgārṇava; the speaker promises one-fourth of his accumulated tapas-merit in return.