Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
ईदृग्गुणा हि ये विप्रा भवन्ति नृपसत्तम । पतितान्नरके घोरे तारयन्ति पित्ःंस्तु ते
īdṛgguṇā hi ye viprā bhavanti nṛpasattama | patitānnarake ghore tārayanti pitḥṃstu te
اے بادشاہوں میں افضل، ایسے اوصاف سے آراستہ برہمن یقیناً اپنے پِتروں کو بھی، جو ہولناک نرک میں گرے ہوں، پار لگا دیتے ہیں۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Nṛpa-sattama / Nṛpottama (royal listener; within Pāṇḍava address-frame)
Scene: A compassionate tableau: a virtuous brāhmaṇa’s radiance reaching downward to shadowy ancestral figures being lifted from a dark naraka landscape toward light.
FAQs
Personal virtue has transgenerational spiritual impact; dharmic living is portrayed as capable of uplifting one’s lineage.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the broader Bhārabhūti tīrtha narrative by highlighting dharmic potency.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on cultivating virtues that yield even pitṛ-benefit.