Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
ये पितॄंस्तर्पयिष्यंति कर्दमाले वरानने । आकल्पं तर्पितास्तेन भविष्यंति न संशयः
ye pitṝṃstarpayiṣyaṃti kardamāle varānane | ākalpaṃ tarpitāstena bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ
اے خوش رُو دیوی! جو لوگ کردمالا میں پِتروں کو ترپن (آبِ نذر) دیں گے، وہ اسی عمل سے اپنے آباؤ اجداد کو ایک پورے کَلپ تک سیراب و راضی رکھیں گے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kardamālā
Type: tirtha
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred water-edge offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; the Goddess addressed as witness; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving offerings.
FAQs
Service to one’s ancestors (pitṛ-dharma) performed at a praised tīrtha yields extraordinary and enduring spiritual fruit.
Kardamālā-tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa region) is being extolled.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa—offering water/libations to the ancestors at Kardamālā.