Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्द्दश्यां स्नानं च विहितं सदा । पिण्याकैंगुदकेनापि पिंडं तत्र ददाति यः । पितॄणामक्षया तृप्तिः पितृलोकं स गच्छति
kṛṣṇapakṣe caturddaśyāṃ snānaṃ ca vihitaṃ sadā | piṇyākaiṃgudakenāpi piṃḍaṃ tatra dadāti yaḥ | pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛptiḥ pitṛlokaṃ sa gacchati
کالی پکش کی چتردشی کو وہاں سدا اسنان مقرر ہے۔ جو کوئی تیل کی کھل اور پانی جیسی سادہ نذروں سے بھی وہاں پِنڈ پیش کرے، اس کے پِتر اَکھنڈ تسکین پاتے ہیں اور وہ پترلوک کو جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn on kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī, pilgrims bathe in the sacred waters of Prabhāsa; a devotee offers a humble piṇḍa made with simple ingredients, while ancestral spirits receive ‘akṣaya’ satisfaction and the devotee is shown approaching Pitṛloka.
FAQs
Even modest, sincere ancestral rites performed at Prabhāsa—especially on kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī—yield enduring benefit for one’s Pitṛs and uplift the performer.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), praised in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya.
Snāna on the dark-fortnight caturdaśī and piṇḍadāna (even with simple substances like piṇyāka and water).