Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
अग्निदग्धाश्च ये जीवा येप्यदग्धाः कुले मम । भूमौ दत्तेन तृप्यंतु तृप्ता यांतु परां गतिम्
agnidagdhāśca ye jīvā yepyadagdhāḥ kule mama | bhūmau dattena tṛpyaṃtu tṛptā yāṃtu parāṃ gatim
Que les êtres de ma lignée—ceux qui ont été consumés par le feu comme ceux qui ne l’ont pas été—soient rassasiés par ce qui est offert sur la terre ; et, rassasiés, qu’ils atteignent l’état suprême.
Unspecified in snippet (a śrāddha performer’s prayer/mantra-like statement within the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The performer places a portion of food on the earth with kuśa, hands folded in prayer; faint ancestral silhouettes are imagined receiving satisfaction and moving upward toward light.
FAQs
Śrāddha is framed as compassionate uplift for all ancestors of one’s lineage, aiming at their satisfaction and higher spiritual progress.
No named site appears in this verse; it functions as an ancestral benediction within the tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
Offerings are made on the ground (bhūmau datta) with the intention that both cremated and uncremated ancestors be satisfied and elevated.