Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
सविद्धं वासरं यस्मा त्कृतं मम पितामहैः । प्रेतत्वं तेन संप्राप्तं महादुःखप्रसाधकम्
saviddhaṃ vāsaraṃ yasmā tkṛtaṃ mama pitāmahaiḥ | pretatvaṃ tena saṃprāptaṃ mahāduḥkhaprasādhakam
কারণ আমার পিতামহেরা একদা সবিদ্ধ (দোষযুক্ত) পবিত্র দিবস পালন করেছিলেন; তাই তারা প্রেতত্বে পতিত হয়েছেন—যা মহাদুঃখের কারণ।
A devotee/pilgrim supplicating to Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) within Dvārakā Māhātmya context
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: A sorrowful narrator/devotee recounts the fate of forefathers: shadowy pretas in a liminal landscape, contrasted with the bright sanctity of Hari’s day in Dvārakā—showing how a ritual defect led to immense suffering.
FAQs
Rituals and sacred-day observances should be performed correctly; negligence can become a cause of suffering for oneself or one’s lineage.
Dvārakā, the sacred city of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, presented as a place where grace can remedy even severe karmic afflictions.
The verse references a “vāsara” (sacred day/fast-day) and warns against “saviddha” (defective) observance.