Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
तथा सुफलिनो वृक्षान्कलपक्षिभिरावृतान् । स्निग्धान्सच्छाययोपेतान्सेवितुं न लभामहे
tathā suphalino vṛkṣānkalapakṣibhirāvṛtān | snigdhānsacchāyayopetānsevituṃ na labhāmahe
De même, nous n’obtenons pas la grâce de nous reposer auprès d’arbres chargés de fruits, couverts de volées d’oiseaux, frais et verdoyants, pourvus d’une ombre douce.
Preta(s) (departed spirits) addressing the king
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: A verdant grove with fruit-laden trees alive with birds; beneath, cool shade lies empty while exhausted travelers stand outside the shade-line, unable to rest.
FAQs
Without proper dharmic support and merit, beings in a preta-state experience deprivation even of simple comforts like shade and rest.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka excerpt.
No direct ritual is stated here; it prepares the ground for rites that relieve pretas (e.g., śrāddha, piṇḍadāna) discussed nearby.