Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
स्थानं दिदृक्षुस्तच्चाहं न शक्तोऽस्मि निवोदितुम् । ततः परममित्युक्त्वा गतवान्पितृभिः सह
sthānaṃ didṛkṣustaccāhaṃ na śakto'smi nivoditum | tataḥ paramamityuktvā gatavānpitṛbhiḥ saha
Wishing to see their abode, I was not able to refuse. Saying, “Then let it be so; onward, to the supreme place,” I went together with the Pitṛs.
Devaśarmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devaśarmā, unable to refuse, rises and follows the delighted Pitṛs; they gesture toward an unseen luminous path; the shoreline fades as a radiant corridor opens.
FAQs
Righteous rites can open the way to higher spiritual insight—symbolized by being led to the Pitṛs’ realm.
The ‘parama sthāna’ of the Pitṛs (their sacred abode), introduced as a realm reached through merit.
No new rite; it presents the fruit (phala) of prior śrāddha/tarpaṇa—access to ancestral realms.