Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
दृष्ट्वा नदीं महादेवि पितरः स्वर्गसंस्थिताः । गायंति तत्र सामानि नृत्यन्ति च हसंति च
dṛṣṭvā nadīṃ mahādevi pitaraḥ svargasaṃsthitāḥ | gāyaṃti tatra sāmāni nṛtyanti ca hasaṃti ca
اے مہادیوی، ندی کے درشن سے سوَرگ میں بسنے والے پِتر وہاں سامن کے بھجن گاتے ہیں؛ وہ ناچتے بھی ہیں اور ہنستے بھی ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Citrāpathā-nadī
Type: ghat
Listener: mahādevī (Great Goddess)
Scene: Celestial Pitṛs appear above the riverbank, garlanded and radiant, singing Sāman chants; some dance, some laugh, while below a devotee beholds the river in awe.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not only for the living; it also benefits the ancestors, strengthening intergenerational dharma through śrāddha and remembrance.
The river-tīrtha (Citrāpathā) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as a place that delights the Pitṛs.
Not explicit in this verse, but it frames the tīrtha as especially suitable for Pitṛ-related rites (expanded in following verses).