Skandapurana 5.205.984_69

5.205.984_69

yo'tra snānavidhiṃ kṛtvā tīrthe'tra pitṛtarpaṇam ..
ājanma pitarastena prabhaviṣyaṃti tarpitāḥ .. 6.206.150
grāmā dvādaśa ye dattā mayā devasya cāsya bhoḥ ..
vasiṣyaṃti ca ye viprā vṛddhiśrāddha upasthite ..
te śrāddhaṃ prathamaṃ cāsya kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ tataḥ param .. .. 151 ..

Whoever performs the rite of ablution here, at this tīrtha, and satisfies the ancestors with water offerings, / through him the ancestors shall remain gratified for life. / The twelve villages that have been granted by me to this god, O good sir— / and the brahmins who shall dwell [there], when a vṛddhiśrāddha is at hand, / they must first perform the śrāddha to him, and only after that,