Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
प्रेता ऊचुः । वयं प्रेता महाभाग दूरादिह समागताः । श्रुत्वा तीर्थवरं पुण्यं प्रवेशं न लभामहे
pretā ūcuḥ | vayaṃ pretā mahābhāga dūrādiha samāgatāḥ | śrutvā tīrthavaraṃ puṇyaṃ praveśaṃ na labhāmahe
Die Pretas sprachen: „O Edler, wir sind Pretas und sind von weit her hierher gekommen. Nachdem wir von diesem erhabensten, heiligen und verdienstvollen Tīrtha gehört haben, vermögen wir keinen Eintritt zu erlangen.“
Pretas
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (tīrtha-vara)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of pretas, weary from long wandering, plead at the boundary of Prabhāsa: they have heard of the supreme tīrtha but cannot gain entry; their faces show longing and despair against the radiant sanctity beyond.
FAQs
The holiness of a tīrtha is so potent that even suffering beings yearn for it; yet entry implies spiritual readiness and the working of unseen guardianship.
A ‘tīrtha-vara’ identified in context with Preta-tīrtha/Gātra-vimocana within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes the desire for tīrtha-access as a prerequisite for purification and relief.