Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
पितृक्षेत्रे गयायां च श्राद्धं यः कुरुते नरः । गयाश्राद्धसमं प्राहुः फलं तस्य महर्षयः
pitṛkṣetre gayāyāṃ ca śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ | gayāśrāddhasamaṃ prāhuḥ phalaṃ tasya maharṣayaḥ
又在被称为“祖灵之地”的伽耶（Gayā），凡行施行 śrāddha 祭祖者，诸大圣仙宣说：其所得功果等同于在伽耶所作之 śrāddha。
Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Gayā (Pitṛkṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: A pilgrim performs śrāddha at Gayā: seated on kuśa grass, offering piṇḍas and water-libations to ancestors, with priests, sacred riverbank, and Viṣṇu-associated iconography in the background.
FAQs
Śrāddha is a central duty of pitṛ-dharma, and certain places like Gayā are specially empowered for ancestral upliftment.
Gayā, revered as pitṛkṣetra—the preeminent place for ancestral rites.
Perform śrāddha at Gayā for fruits declared by the seers to be of the highest order.