Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 177
कथं तस्य क्रिया कार्या हतस्य ब्राह्मणैः किल । कथं गतिर्भवेत्तस्य यज्ञदानक्रियाबलात्
kathaṃ tasya kriyā kāryā hatasya brāhmaṇaiḥ kila | kathaṃ gatirbhavettasya yajñadānakriyābalāt
„Wie sollen die Totenriten (kriyā) für ihn vollzogen werden, da man sagt, er sei von Brahmanen getötet worden? Und wie kann durch die Kraft von Opfer, Gabe und vorgeschriebenen Riten sein weiterer Gang verbessert werden?“
Vainya (Pṛthu)
Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र
Type: kshetra
Listener: शौनकादयः
Scene: राजा वैन्यः ऋषि-समाजं स्मरन्, यज्ञकुण्ड-प्रतीकं, दान-पात्रं, पिण्ड-तर्पण-उपकरणानि (कुश, जलपात्र) दृश्यन्ते; भावः—‘कथं क्रिया?’ इति प्रश्नाकुलता।
FAQs
Even in difficult karmic situations, dharmic rites—yajña, dāna, and śrāddha—are sought as means to aid a departed soul’s gati.
The verse sits within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, though it focuses on pitṛ-related dharma rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
It alludes to kriyā (funerary/śrāddha rites), and the supporting acts of yajña (sacrifice) and dāna (charity).