Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.208
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
bhūmipāla tato gacchettīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam /
vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu pitḥṇāmṛṇamocanam
tatra snātvā vidhānena saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ /
manuṣyaśca nṛpaśreṣṭha dānaṃ dattvānṛṇo bhavet
icchanti pitaraḥ sarve svārthahetoḥ sutaṃ yataḥ /
punnāmno narakātputro'smānayaṃ mocayiṣyati
piṇḍadānaṃ jalaṃ tāta ṛṇamuttamamucyate /
pitḥṇāṃ taddhi vai proktamṛṇaṃ daivamataḥ param
agnihotraṃ tathā yajñāḥ paśubandhāstatheṣṭayaḥ /
iti devarṇaṃ proktaṃ śṛṇu mānuṣyakaṃ tataḥ
brāhmaṇeṣu ca tīrtheṣu devāyatanakarmasu /
pratiśrutya dadettattadvyavahāraḥ kṛto yathā
ṛṇatrayamidaṃ proktaṃ putrāṇāṃ dharmanandana /
satputrāste tu rājendra snātā ya ṛṇamocane
ṛṇatrayādvimucyante hyaputrāḥ putriṇastathā /
tasmāttīrthavaraṃ prāpya putreṇa niyatātmanā /
pitṛbhyastarpaṇaṃ kāryaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ viśeṣataḥ
tatra tīrthe hutaṃ dattaṃ guravastoṣitā yadi /
mṛtānāṃ sapta janmāni phalamakṣayamaśnute
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ṛṇamocanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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