Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
अपमृत्युमृता ये वै चोरविद्युज्जलादिभिः । तेषामिह कृतं श्राद्धं जायते सुगतिप्रदम्
apamṛtyumṛtā ye vai coravidyujjalādibhiḥ | teṣāmiha kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ jāyate sugatipradam
Für jene, die eines unzeitigen Todes starben—durch Räuber, Blitz, Ertrinken und dergleichen—wird das hier vollzogene Śrāddha zum Spender eines guten Übergangs und eines glückverheißenden Geschicks.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (pitṛ-śrāddha tīrtha network)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Kāśī ghāṭ ritual scene where the dangers of apamṛtyu are symbolized—storm lightning, river whirl, shadowy thieves—while the śrāddha fire-lamp and sacred water radiate protection, guiding the departed upward.
FAQs
Ritual care performed at a powerful tīrtha can redirect and uplift the destiny of those who suffered difficult deaths.
The verse praises the Kāśī-tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 12 (with nearby named tīrthas in context).
Performing śrāddha ‘here’ for those who died by apamṛtyu (accidents/violence), to grant sugati.