Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
किं वा ते बहुनोक्तेन भूयो भूयश्च पुत्रक । आनृण्यं जायते यद्वत्पितॄणां तत्तथा शृणु
kiṃ vā te bahunoktena bhūyo bhūyaśca putraka | ānṛṇyaṃ jāyate yadvatpitṝṇāṃ tattathā śṛṇu
À quoi bon te parler longuement, encore et encore, mon cher fils ? Écoute donc comment l’on se libère de la dette envers les ancêtres.
Unspecified in snippet (likely the same mother/elder instructing the son)
Scene: An elder (mother) instructs the son: ‘hear how one becomes free of ancestral debt’; symbolic backdrop shows pitṛs receiving water offerings, with a ledger-like motif of ‘debt’ being erased.
FAQs
A key dharmic goal is discharging one’s obligation to the ancestors (pitṛ-ṛṇa) through proper conduct and prescribed duties.
Not specified in the verse; it introduces a teaching often connected with tīrtha practices but does not name a location.
The verse signals instruction about pitṛ-related discharge of debt; specific rites (e.g., śrāddha/tarpaṇa) are not explicitly named here.