Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
भगवन्न प्रयच्छंति नित्यं नो वंशसंभवाः । श्राद्धानि दौःस्थ्यमापन्नास्तेन सीदामहे विभो
bhagavanna prayacchaṃti nityaṃ no vaṃśasaṃbhavāḥ | śrāddhāni dauḥsthyamāpannāstena sīdāmahe vibho
Ô Seigneur ! Ceux qui sont nés dans notre lignée n’accomplissent pas régulièrement nos śrāddha. À cause de cela, nous sommes tombés dans la détresse et nous dépérissons, ô Puissant.
Pitṛs (collectively), speaking to Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (addressed as Bhagavan, Vibho)
Scene: Pitṛs address Brahmā directly: ‘Our descendants do not give our śrāddhas; we suffer hardship and languish.’ The scene is an emotional celestial petition with folded hands and earnest faces.
FAQs
Descendants have an ongoing duty to sustain the ancestral line through śrāddha; neglect harms the Pitṛs and reflects dharmic decline.
This verse is not site-specific; it is a doctrinal statement within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
Regular performance of śrāddha by descendants (vaṃśaja) is explicitly demanded as necessary support for Pitṛs.