Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
अथाऽपश्यद्वियत्स्थानात्स त्रीन्प्रेतान्सु दारुणान् । ऊर्ध्वकेशान्सुरक्ताक्षान्कृष्णदन्तान्कृशोदरान्
athā'paśyadviyatsthānātsa trīnpretānsu dāruṇān | ūrdhvakeśānsuraktākṣānkṛṣṇadantānkṛśodarān
Puis, d'un endroit dans le ciel, il aperçut trois pretas extrêmement terrifiants, aux cheveux dressés, aux yeux rouge sang, aux dents noires et aux ventres décharnés.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Scene: A king looks upward toward a skyborne vantage and beholds three pretas: hair bristling, blood-red eyes, blackened teeth, and hollow bellies—an ominous tableau against a darkened forest horizon.
FAQs
The Māhātmya evokes the reality of post-death states shaped by karma, urging ethical life and purificatory acts connected with sacred places.
Not specified here; the preta-encounter functions as a moral and karmic prelude within the tīrtha narrative.
None explicitly; the verse introduces beings whose condition typically implies the need for śrāddha, dāna, and tīrtha-related rites later in the narrative.