Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
अपि धर्मसमोपेतस्तपसाऽपि समन्वितः । एतस्मात्कारणात्प्रोक्ता मुनिभिस्तु सपिंडता
api dharmasamopetastapasā'pi samanvitaḥ | etasmātkāraṇātproktā munibhistu sapiṃḍatā
Même si le défunt était pourvu de dharma et même doté de tapas (austérité), c’est précisément pour cette raison que les sages ont prescrit la sapiṇḍatā.
Bhartṛyajña (continuation)
Scene: The sage emphasizes that tapas and dharma do not replace the integrating rite; visual contrast between an ascetic’s aura and the formal śrāddha altar, showing both as complementary.
FAQs
Personal virtue does not replace ritual obligations; ancestral rites are a distinct dharmic requirement for post-death welfare.
The teaching is embedded in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya, but no single tīrtha is praised in this verse.
Sapiṇḍatā is affirmed as a prescribed rite, necessary regardless of the deceased’s dharma or tapas.