Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
यत्फलं सत्त्रयज्ञेन तद्भवेन्नात्र संशयः । तेन द्वादशवर्षाणि पितरः संप्रतर्पिताः
yatphalaṃ sattrayajñena tadbhavennātra saṃśayaḥ | tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraḥ saṃpratarpitāḥ
سَتّر یَجْن سے جو پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے، وہی یہاں بے شک ملتا ہے، اس میں کوئی شبہ نہیں۔ اس عمل سے پِتروں کی بارہ برس تک پوری تسکین ہوتی ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Meghanāda (Garjana) Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A priest completes piṇḍa-dāna; subtle vision of pitṛs receiving offerings, appearing content; a symbolic ‘twelve-year’ motif shown as a wheel of time or twelve solar marks around the scene.
FAQs
Tīrtha-based rites can equal major Vedic sacrifices, and properly directed merit supports one’s ancestors (pitṛs).
Garjana/Meghanāda Tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.
Ancestral satisfaction is linked to rites at the tīrtha, especially piṇḍa-dāna/tarpaṇa implied from the preceding verse.