Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
श्राद्धे कृते पितॄणां तु तृप्तिर्भवति शाश्वती । दाने मनोरथावाप्तिर्जायते नात्र संशयः
śrāddhe kṛte pitṝṇāṃ tu tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī | dāne manorathāvāptirjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
جب شرادھ ادا کیا جاتا ہے تو پِتروں کو دائمی تسکین حاصل ہوتی ہے۔ اور دان کرنے سے من کی مرادیں پوری ہوتی ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī tīrtha context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/brāhmaṇas in the Dvārakā Māhātmya frame
Scene: A śrāddha scene on a riverbank: a performer offers piṇḍa and water-libations while brāhmaṇas receive respectful hospitality; nearby, gifts are distributed, symbolizing the certainty of results.
FAQs
Dharma has two linked fruits: Śrāddha benefits the Pitṛs, while dāna refines and fulfills the devotee’s intentions in a righteous way.
In this chapter’s setting, these rites are framed around the merit of the Gomatī–Ocean saṅgama near Dvārakā.
Śrāddha (ancestral rite) and dāna (charitable giving), with their stated results.