Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
गालव उवाच । अपुत्रस्य गतिर्नास्ति मृतः स्वर्गं न गच्छति । द्वादशानामपि तथा यद्येकोऽपि न विद्यते
gālava uvāca | aputrasya gatirnāsti mṛtaḥ svargaṃ na gacchati | dvādaśānāmapi tathā yadyeko'pi na vidyate
Dijo Gālava: «Para quien no tiene hijo no hay un curso (gati) adecuado; al morir no va al cielo. Del mismo modo, entre los doce tipos reconocidos de hijos, si no existe ni uno solo, se dice que sobreviene esa consecuencia».
Gālava
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis
Scene: Gālava speaks with firm compassion, raising a hand in instructive gesture; Vidura listens, visibly sobered by the pronouncement about svarga and gati.
FAQs
It reflects a traditional dharma view that lineage and the continuation of rites are crucial for posthumous welfare.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a doctrinal exchange embedded in the surrounding kṣetra-māhātmya narrative.
Implicitly, the necessity of having a son (in some recognized form) to sustain ancestral rites; no explicit ritual is described in this line.