Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्ययस्य च योऽन्यत्र योनिं प्राप्नोति मानवः । तत्रस्थस्तृप्तिमाप्नोति यद्दत्तं तस्य वंशजैः
yasyayasya ca yo'nyatra yoniṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | tatrasthastṛptimāpnoti yaddattaṃ tasya vaṃśajaiḥ
Welche Yoni (yoni) oder welche Sphäre ein Mensch anderswo auch erlangt: Dort verweilend empfängt er Sättigung aus dem, was seine Nachkommen ihm darbringen.
Bhartṛyajña (continuation)
Scene: A multi-realm tableau: descendants offering piṇḍa and water at an altar; above, the departed receiving subtle nourishment in a different realm/womb, connected by a luminous thread of lineage.
FAQs
Lineage offerings are spiritually efficacious beyond visible worlds; dharmic giving bridges realms and births.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports the ritual theology within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya frame.
It implies the continued value of śrāddha/dāna by descendants, stating that such offerings satisfy the departed wherever they are reborn.