Thus, when I was addressed by the ancestors, O gentle lady, their words awakened me from my ignorance. Indumati then spoke gently, affirming, “O great king, what your grandfathers have told you is indeed true. Just as, when a worthy son is born, the ancestors are able to cross over to the other shore, so too, O king, should you act for their deliverance.” She continued, “Therefore, summon the foremost Brahmins—those learned in the scriptures of dharma and skilled in sacred rites.” Hearing her wise counsel, the king gathered many Brahmins, and, together with his devoted wife, humbly approached them, seeking their guidance and blessings. The Brahmins, full of compassion, declared, “Those ancestors who are rescued by a good son attain heaven. Let this be made clear to you. Even those who have fallen into hell due to great sin can reach heaven through the merit of their descendant’s actions. Whatever must be done here for their sake, let it all be revealed.” Thus addressed, the truthful Brahmins spoke, “O best of kings, you must undertake initiation, beginning with the preliminary rites. Since childhood, O king, you have engaged in deeds that have brought sin. Now, you must be consecrated at all the sacred waters. Visit, at least in your mind, the holy places such as Prabhāsa, which exist upon the earth. Give the highest charity, even to those places which people cannot physically reach by bathing or pilgrimage—let your mind and intention be pure, O king.” Inspired by their words, the king became devoted to pilgrimage, wandering across the land with a disciplined heart, moderate in food, and giving abundant gifts to those in need. In time, he undertook a great pilgrimage to the holy places, and there, with a mind purified by faith, he performed ritual bathing. Through his sincere efforts, his ancestors were freed from the fierce torments of hell and became exceedingly joyful. All those whom he rescued appeared to him and said, “Son, now we have been saved by you.” And the Brahmins declared, “You yourself, O foremost of kings, by bathing and offering water at this sacred site, have sanctified your lineage. This holy place will be known as ‘Kulasaṃtāraṇa’—the Deliverer of the Lineage. By the power of this tīrtha, you may come here in this very body.” Then, a wondrous event occurred: ascending the celestial vehicle, the king went to heaven together with his ancestors. Such is the power, O royal sage, of Kulasaṃtāraṇa Tīrtha. The king attained heaven in his own body—a marvel indeed. Where the king bathed, that place became one of the highest, supreme merit. Thus concludes the forty-eighth chapter, “The Description of the Glory of Kulasaṃtāraṇa Tīrtha,” in the third Arbuda section of the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the eighty-one-thousand verse Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. At that sacred place, for any mortal who bathes, the destruction of sin arises. The supreme satisfaction of the ancestors, obtained there, lasts until the very dissolution of all beings. Before these events, the king had performed severe austerities, desiring the destruction of his enemies. After three hundred years of penance, the great god, pleased with his devotion, granted him the supreme weapon known as Pāśupata. The Bull-bannered Lord smiled and spoke: “Endowed with this weapon, you will be unconquerable among all embodied beings. And know that this sacred reservoir of water is holy in all the three worlds—with all their moving and unmoving beings.” “Those who, with concentrated mind, perform the śrāddha rites here on the full moon day will obtain the complete fruit of ancestral offerings. Even Rāma, afflicted by his father’s sorrow, destroyed the kṣatriyas and came here. There, he joyfully satisfied his ancestors twenty-one times. Seeing the wounds on his mother’s body, the lord of men performed the ancestral rites twenty-one times.” Thus is the glory of Kulasaṃtāraṇa Tīrtha, where ancestors are uplifted, sins are destroyed, and the fruits of devotion and dharma are fully realized.