Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
प्रेतत्वात्सर्पदोषेण संजाता द्विजसत्तमाः । देवशर्मपुरो यावत्तत्कृतं श्राद्धमादरात् । तावत्पिता विनिर्मुक्तः प्रेतत्वाद्दारुणाद्द्विजाः
pretatvātsarpadoṣeṇa saṃjātā dvijasattamāḥ | devaśarmapuro yāvattatkṛtaṃ śrāddhamādarāt | tāvatpitā vinirmuktaḥ pretatvāddāruṇāddvijāḥ
O Beste unter den Zweimalgeborenen, der preta-Zustand war durch sarpa-doṣa, die mit Schlangen verbundene Verfehlung, entstanden. Doch als in Gegenwart Devaśarmās jenes śrāddha ehrfürchtig vollzogen wurde, da wurde sein Vater von diesem schrecklichen preta-Zustand befreit, o dvijas.
Local devotees/hosts (narrating a corrective precedent)
Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijasattamāḥ / dvijāḥ
Scene: Devaśarmā presides as the rajarṣi repeats the śrāddha with reverence; a symbolic release occurs—darkness lifting from the preta, suggesting liberation; serpent imagery indicates sarpa-doṣa being neutralized.
FAQs
When an obstacle like sarpa-doṣa exists, the remedy must be performed with proper authority and reverence; then ancestral liberation becomes possible.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha setting where sarpa-related afflictions and preta-state are addressed through effective śrāddha.
A reverently performed śrāddha in the presence of a qualified brāhmaṇa (Devaśarmā) as a specific remedy for sarpa-doṣa-related preta-condition.