Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
क्षेत्रजश्च सहोढश्च कानीनः कुण्डगोलकौ । पंचैते पातयंतिस्म पितॄन्स्वर्गगतानपि
kṣetrajaśca sahoḍhaśca kānīnaḥ kuṇḍagolakau | paṃcaite pātayaṃtisma pitṝnsvargagatānapi
Kṣetraja, Sahoḍha, Kānīna, et les deux—Kuṇḍa et Golaka : on dit que ces cinq-là font choir même les Pitṛs, les ancêtres parvenus au ciel.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: King (rājan) implied from the surrounding passage
Scene: A cautionary allegory: five labeled figures (kṣetraja, sahoḍha, kānīna, kuṇḍa, golaka) stand in the foreground as a luminous ancestral realm above shows figures slipping downward, illustrating ‘pātana’ despite prior ascent.
FAQs
The Purāṇic view links ethical order in family life with the spiritual fate of ancestors, warning that adharmic conditions can negate even heavenly merit.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse.
No explicit ritual is described; the verse states consequences affecting pitṛs, which the tradition often connects to śrāddha eligibility and efficacy.
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