Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66
प्रसादात्तव विप्रेन्द्र मुक्तोऽहं प्रेतयोनितः । स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि विमानं मे ह्युपस्थितम्
prasādāttava viprendra mukto'haṃ pretayonitaḥ | svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi vimānaṃ me hyupasthitam
Durch deine Gnade, o erhabenster der Brahmanen, bin ich vom Zustand eines Preta befreit. Segen sei über dir; ich werde aufbrechen — mein himmlischer Wagen steht bereits bereit.
Liberated preta (appearing in dream)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Hareḥ-gṛha context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viprottama / brāhmaṇa (ritual agent)
Scene: In the dream, the freed being appears radiant, no longer ghastly; behind him a shining vimāna waits in the sky. He blesses the brāhmaṇa and departs upward, leaving a trail of light.
FAQs
Grace expressed through dharmic rites can transform a bound state into liberation, depicted as ascent in a vimāna.
The liberation is narrated within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, connected to śrāddha performed at a Vaiṣṇava sacred locus.
The verse reflects the fruit of śrāddha; the prescription is the performance of śrāddha by a qualified brāhmaṇa.