Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । यतः सपिंडता प्रोक्ता पितृपिण्डैः समंततः । यावत्सपिण्डता नैव तावत्प्रेतः स तिष्ठति
bhartṛyajña uvāca | yataḥ sapiṃḍatā proktā pitṛpiṇḍaiḥ samaṃtataḥ | yāvatsapiṇḍatā naiva tāvatpretaḥ sa tiṣṭhati
Bhartṛyajña dit : Puisque la sapiṇḍatā est proclamée comme l’union, de toutes parts, avec les piṇḍa des ancêtres, tant que la sapiṇḍatā n’a pas eu lieu, cet être demeure dans l’état de preta.
Bhartṛyajña
Scene: A sage explains to a king/region-personified listener the liminal state of a preta and the moment of joining with ancestral piṇḍas; subtle imagery of three generations of pitṛs receiving offerings while a solitary preta waits outside the ancestral circle.
FAQs
Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is portrayed as spiritually transformative: it completes the deceased’s transition from preta-status into the ancestral community.
The discourse occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative frame, though the verse itself is doctrinal about rites.
It underscores the necessity of sapiṇḍatā/sapiṇḍīkaraṇa for ending the preta condition.
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