Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
दैवात्पैशाच्यमापन्नास्तेषां पितृपितामहाः । तेपि पैशाच्यमुत्सृज्य यास्यंति परमां गतिम्
daivātpaiśācyamāpannāsteṣāṃ pitṛpitāmahāḥ | tepi paiśācyamutsṛjya yāsyaṃti paramāṃ gatim
وإن كان آباؤهم وأجدادهم، بقضاء القدر، قد وقعوا في حالٍ شبيهة بحال البيشاتشا، فإنهم هم أيضًا—إذا طرحوا تلك الحالة—يمضون إلى المقام الأعلى.
Skanda
Tirtha: Piśācamocana
Type: ghat
Scene: Subtle, symbolic scene: ancestors in shadowy, afflicted forms near the river are purified by the light of offerings; the pilgrim’s tarpaṇa stream becomes luminous, lifting them upward.
FAQs
A powerful tīrtha and proper rites can uplift even severely afflicted ancestral conditions toward the supreme good.
Piśācamocana Tīrtha in Kāśī, famed for removing piśāca-affliction and granting higher destiny.
Implied: bathing and ancestral rites at the tīrtha that lead to the ancestors abandoning the piśāca-state.