Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
यच्च तीर्थे पितृश्राद्धं स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत् । हितकारी च भूतेभ्यः सोऽश्नीयात्तीर्थजं फलम्
yacca tīrthe pitṛśrāddhaṃ snānaṃ tatra samācaret | hitakārī ca bhūtebhyaḥ so'śnīyāttīrthajaṃ phalam
اور جو تیرتھ میں پِتروں کے لیے شرادھ کرے، وہاں حکم کے مطابق اشنان کرے، اور جانداروں کا بھلا کرنے والا ہو—وہی تیرتھ سے پیدا ہونے والے پھل کا حقیقی طور پر حصہ پاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrthas (general tīrtha rule)
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: On a tīrtha bank, a householder-pilgrim performs śrāddha with piṇḍa and water-libations, then bathes; nearby he feeds the poor and offers fodder to animals—showing bhūta-hita as part of pilgrimage.
FAQs
Pilgrimage merit is completed by ancestor rites, sacred bathing, and compassionate conduct toward all beings.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra in general, as a tīrtha where snāna and pitṛ-śrāddha yield ‘tīrthaja’ fruit.
Perform pitṛ-śrāddha and snāna at the tīrtha, coupled with benevolence toward living beings.