Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
यस्तत्र कुरुते श्राद्धं पितॄनुद्दिश्य भावितः । तदक्षयं भवेच्छ्राद्धं पितॄणां तृप्तिकारकम्
yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ pitṝnuddiśya bhāvitaḥ | tadakṣayaṃ bhavecchrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikārakam
Bất cứ ai với tâm chí thành làm lễ śrāddha tại đó để tưởng niệm tổ tiên, thì śrāddha ấy trở nên bất hoại, đem lại sự mãn nguyện cho các Pitṛ.
Sūta
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Riverbank śrāddha: a devotee seated on kuśa grass, offering piṇḍa and tila-water with añjali; pitṛs depicted subtly as satisfied luminous ancestors receiving offerings; brāhmaṇas present.
FAQs
Dharma includes gratitude to forebears; tīrthas magnify such rites, making offerings spiritually enduring.
The same tīrtha where Gaṅgā abides and where the Viśvāmitra-linked waters are praised.
Śrāddha performed there with intention toward the Pitṛs yields akṣaya (imperishable) merit and Pitṛ-satisfaction.