Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 170
यतीनां भोजनं यस्तु यच्छते कृष्णमन्दिरे । सिक्थेसिक्थे भवेत्तृप्तिः पितॄणां युगसंख्यया
yatīnāṃ bhojanaṃ yastu yacchate kṛṣṇamandire | sikthesikthe bhavettṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ yugasaṃkhyayā
Sinumang maghandog ng pagkain sa mga yati (mga asceta) sa templo ni Kṛṣṇa—sa bawat subo, dumarating ang kasiyahan sa mga Pitṛ (mga ninuno) sa loob ng panahong sinusukat sa mga yuga.
Pitṛs (ancestral beings)
Tirtha: कृष्ण-मन्दिर (Dvārakādhīśa precinct)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside the temple courtyard, yatis sit in a line receiving food; a donor offers each portion with folded hands; with every morsel, luminous ancestral figures appear satisfied in the background sky.
FAQs
Charity performed in a sacred setting—especially feeding renunciants at Kṛṣṇa’s temple—radiates merit to one’s ancestors with extraordinary longevity.
Kṛṣṇa’s temple in the Dvārakā sacred sphere (Dvārakā Māhātmya context).
Yati-bhojana/annadāna: feeding ascetics in Kṛṣṇa’s mandira as a Pitṛ-benefiting act.