Skandapurana 16.336.186_2

16.336.186_2

bhagavankathitaṃ sarvaṃ piturmama viceṣṭitam ..
kena tasya bhavenmuktiḥ karmaṇā dvijasattama ..
vratairdānaistapobhirvā tīrthānāṃ yātrayā vada .. 177 ..

“O venerable one, the entire condition of my father has been described. / By what action might his liberation be achieved, O best of brahmins? / Tell me: through vows, gifts, austerities, or pilgrimage to sacred fords?”