Pitṛloka
Pitṛloka · pitṛ-loka, “the world of the ancestors”
Pitṛloka is the loka of the pitṛs, the ancestors. The Bhavishya Purāṇa names it as the loka King Pṛshadaśva of the Sūrya line reached at the end of his reign, and as the reward of the Trayodaśī dāna to Yamarāja.
King Pṛshadaśva
Sūta tells Śaunaka, in the line of the kings of the Satya Yuga, that Anaraṇya ruled 28,000 years, and Pṛshadaśva after him ruled 6,000 years and at the end went to Pitṛloka. After him came Haryaśva.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 1
The Trayodaśī dāna
In the Tithi-dāna, Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Mahārāja Yudhishṭhira that on Trayodaśī one has thirteen worthy brāhmaṇas bathe, dresses and honours them, feeds them and gives gold as dakshiṇā, saying “धर्मो मे प्रीयताम्”, “May Dharma be pleased with me”. Then one utters the thirteen names of Dharmarāja, bows and does visarjana. One who does arcanā of Yamarāja by this vidhi is rid of all diseases and has no suffering on the path of Yama. After long dwelling in Pitṛloka he is born in the mortal world, happy, with sons.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 193
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 1; Uttara Parva, Chapter 193