Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
श्राद्धे पितॄणां संतृप्त्यै दास्यंति कपिलां शुभाम् । येत्र तेषां पितृगणो वसेत्क्षीरोदरोधसि
śrāddhe pitṝṇāṃ saṃtṛptyai dāsyaṃti kapilāṃ śubhām | yetra teṣāṃ pitṛgaṇo vasetkṣīrodarodhasi
شرادھ میں پِتروں کی کامل تسکین کے لیے جو لوگ یہاں مبارک کپِلا (سرخی مائل) گائے کا دان کرتے ہیں، اُن کے لیے پِتروں کا گروہ دودھ کے سمندر کے کنارے پر بسیرہ کرتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāpiladhārā (contextual continuity) / the referenced Kāśī tīrtha for kapilā-dāna
Type: ghat
Scene: A tawny cow adorned with garlands is gifted near sacred waters; the donor performs saṅkalpa for pitṛs; above, a visionary tableau shows Pitṛs seated on luminous shores of the Milk-Ocean.
FAQs
Go-dāna performed with Pitṛ-intent at a powerful tīrtha yields exalted ancestral upliftment, symbolized by residence near the Milk-Ocean.
The same Kāśī Pitṛ-tīrtha at/near the Sūrya–Indu-saṅgama, praised for extraordinary śrāddha fruit.
During śrāddha, donate an auspicious kapilā cow here to enhance Pitṛ-saṃtṛpti.