Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
कन्दमूलफलैः शाकैर्यस्तत्र श्राद्धमाचरेत् । स प्राप्नोति फलं कृत्स्नं राजसूयाश्वमेधयोः
kandamūlaphalaiḥ śākairyastatra śrāddhamācaret | sa prāpnoti phalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ
جو وہاں کَند، جڑیں، پھل اور ساگ سبزیوں سے شِرادھ کرے، وہ راجسوئے اور اشومیدھ یگیوں کے پورے پُنّیہ پھل کو پاتا ہے۔
Narrative voice (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Saptarṣi-āśrama-tīrtha (śrāddha-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvi-ja-śreṣṭhas
Scene: A simple śrāddha in the hermitage precinct: offerings of fruits, roots, and vegetables arranged on leaves; a brāhmaṇa recipient seated; the performer offers water and sesame, invoking pitṛs under the shade of trees near the tīrtha.
FAQs
Simple, sattvic offerings made with faith at a powerful tīrtha can yield merits praised as equal to the grandest Vedic sacrifices.
The “tatra” indicates the same tīrtha described in this chapter’s Sthala-māhātmya (later linked with the Saptarṣis).
Perform śrāddha at the tīrtha using roots, tubers, fruits, and vegetables as offerings.