The कुम्भीपाकनरक (the hell of कुम्भीपाक ) in the land of the manes is called पितृतीर्थ . There is a story about this in देवी भागवत :

Once the sage दुर्वासस् with his body smeared with ashes and wearing sacred berries went to पितृलोक muttering " शिवशङ्कर सर्वात्मन् श्रीमातर् भुवनेश्वरि ". The lord of the पितृलोक received him with respect and worshipped him. While they were talking, Durvāsas heard cries of agnoy from somewhere and the sage then asked पितृनाथ thus: "Oh lord of the पितृस् , I have heard you described as a very virtuous man. How can then such painful cries of distress be heard from here? "Oh, I am dying beaten", "Oh, I am being killed" "Oh, I am dying" and "Oh, I am being burnt" are some of the woeful shrieks I hear. What is the reason for this?"

Hearing this Dharmarāja said: "Great sage, this is in fact a land of virtue. Nothing but righteous things are done here. I can tell you from where you hear that wail. The यमपुरी named संयमनी is nearby. There यम sits to punish the sinners. यम is a dispenser of Justice and he has got several cruel and mighty servants to carry out his orders. There are eighty-six hells to punish the sinners and of these कुम्भीपाक is the most horrible. Great sinners like those who insult the gods, fornicators and those who insult their parents are put in this hell and punished. You are now hearing the cries of such sinners from that hell."

दुर्वासस् was curious to see the hell and the lord of the Manes gave permission and asked his servants to show दुर्वासस् the कुम्भीपाकनरक . The hell was found to change into a heaven. The residents were laughing, singing dancing and doing such acts of happiness.

The servants of यम were astonished and they went and reported to यमराज this sudden change. यमराज was also amazed to hear the news. He immediately rode on his vehicle, the buffalo, to the hell to learn the details personally. He could not find out the cause for the change. The place looked like the स्वर्गलोक of इन्द्र . King यम sent a messenger to इन्द्र with the news and इन्द्र at first thought that it must be due to some माया and so came to the place swiftly on his ऐरावत . The news spread and one by one ब्रह्मा , विष्णु , the अष्टदिक्पालकस् (the eight guardians of the quarters) and all such people came to कुम्भीपाकनरक . Nobody could find an explanation for this change and so महाविष्णु accompanied by a few देवस् went to कैलास and reported the matter to शिव and शिव said smilingly "Oh विष्णु , all this happened because of the greatness of the holy ashes. When the sage दुर्वासस् bent down to have a good look at the hell, particles of ashes from his body fell into the hell. From that moment onwards कुम्भीपाकनरक became a holy place for the मनेस् . This hell will henceforth be known as पितृतीर्थ and those पितृस् who bathe in the holy pond there will become virtuous people. Do install on the shore of this pond an idol of mine, a शिवलिङ्ग , and by my side the idol of उमा , which is my power in an embodied form." The देवस् returned and did as they were directed.