Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
अग्निदग्धाश्च ये जीवा येप्यदग्धाः कुले मम । भूमौ दत्तेन तृप्यंतु तृप्ता यांतु परां गतिम्
agnidagdhāśca ye jīvā yepyadagdhāḥ kule mama | bhūmau dattena tṛpyaṃtu tṛptā yāṃtu parāṃ gatim
愿我族系之众生——或已火葬者，或未火葬者——皆因置于地上的供献而得满足；既得满足，愿其趋至至上之境。
Unspecified in snippet (a śrāddha performer’s prayer/mantra-like statement within the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The performer places a portion of food on the earth with kuśa, hands folded in prayer; faint ancestral silhouettes are imagined receiving satisfaction and moving upward toward light.
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Śrāddha is framed as compassionate uplift for all ancestors of one’s lineage, aiming at their satisfaction and higher spiritual progress.
No named site appears in this verse; it functions as an ancestral benediction within the tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
Offerings are made on the ground (bhūmau datta) with the intention that both cremated and uncremated ancestors be satisfied and elevated.
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