Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
पितर ऊचुः । भद्रं ते पितरः पुण्याः सुभद्रस्य महामुनेः । तर्पितास्तेन मुनिना महीसागरसंगमे
pitara ūcuḥ | bhadraṃ te pitaraḥ puṇyāḥ subhadrasya mahāmuneḥ | tarpitāstena muninā mahīsāgarasaṃgame
پِتروں نے کہا: “تم پر خیر ہو۔ یہ پاکیزہ اجداد مہامنی سُبھدر کے ہیں؛ اُس منی نے خشکی اور سمندر کے سنگم پر ترپن کر کے انہیں سیراب کیا ہے۔”
Pitṛs (ancestors) replying to Devaśarmā
Tirtha: Māhī–sāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: The first-person narrator (a 'son' addressed later)
Scene: The Pitṛs speak with blessing: they identify the radiant ancestors as belonging to sage Subhadra, satisfied by his tarpaṇa at the land–ocean confluence.
FAQs
Tarpaṇa performed by a realized sage at an especially potent confluence yields exceptional ancestral upliftment and visible joy.
Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama—confluence of land and ocean (closely aligned with Gaṅgāsāgara-type sacred meeting places).
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa at a sacred saṅgama (confluence), performed with proper muni-like discipline.