Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
यदा मतिं च कुरुते द्वारकागमनं प्रति । तदा नरकनिर्मुक्ता गायन्ति पितरो दिवि
yadā matiṃ ca kurute dvārakāgamanaṃ prati | tadā narakanirmuktā gāyanti pitaro divi
جب کوئی شخص دُوارکا جانے کا محض ارادہ بھی کر لیتا ہے، تب ہی دوزخ سے رہائی پانے والے پِتر (آباء) سُورگ میں گیت گاتے ہیں۔
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas
Scene: At the very thought of going to Dvārakā, the pilgrim’s ancestors are shown released from hell and singing in heaven—two-tier cosmology: a devotee forming resolve below, pitṛs rejoicing above.
FAQs
In tīrtha-māhātmya, even the sincere intention (saṅkalpa) to go to a supreme kṣetra generates merit benefiting one’s lineage.
Dvārakā-kṣetra, whose pilgrimage is said to uplift even the pitṛs.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on forming the resolve and undertaking the pilgrimage.