Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
ततः करिष्यति श्राद्धं यावत्संवत्सरं नृप । अपुत्रः प्राप्स्यते पुत्रान्वंशवृद्धिकरान्स हि
tataḥ kariṣyati śrāddhaṃ yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa | aputraḥ prāpsyate putrānvaṃśavṛddhikarānsa hi
پھر، اے راجا، وہ پورے ایک سال تک شرادھ کرے؛ بے شک جو بے اولاد ہو وہ بھی نسل بڑھانے والے بیٹے حاصل کرے گا۔
Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Rājavāpī
Type: kund
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A king or householder performs śrāddha: seated on kuśa grass near the tīrtha, offering piṇḍa and water-libations, with brāhmaṇas receiving food and gifts; the stepwell glimmers nearby.
FAQs
Service to the ancestors through śrāddha, supported by tīrtha-merit, is portrayed as restoring prosperity and continuity of lineage.
The benefit is tied to the tīrtha described in Adhyāya 98; this verse itself does not specify the name.
Performing śrāddha continuously for a year after the tīrtha observance.