Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 95
यैरिष्टं च त्रिभिर्मेधैरर्चितं वा सुरत्रयम् । प्रेतलोकं न ते यांति तथा ये समरे हताः
yairiṣṭaṃ ca tribhirmedhairarcitaṃ vā suratrayam | pretalokaṃ na te yāṃti tathā ye samare hatāḥ
Ceux qui ont accompli trois sacrifices, ou qui ont adoré la triade des dieux, ne vont pas au royaume des prétas ; de même, ceux qui tombent au combat n’y vont pas non plus.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: Three scenes in one: (1) a yajamāna completing three great sacrifices; (2) devotees worshipping a triad of gods; (3) a warrior fallen on the battlefield, escorted upward by divine attendants, bypassing a shadowy preta gate.
FAQs
Great merit from sacrifice, devotion, and heroic death is said to protect one from the preta condition.
No pilgrimage site is named; the verse focuses on qualifications affecting the afterlife.
Performance of three medha-sacrifices and worship of the sura-traya are cited as merit-bearing acts.