Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
तेऽपि सर्वे गताः स्वर्गं प्रेतास्तस्य प्रभावतः । ददुश्च दर्शनं तस्य स्वप्रे हर्षसमन्विताः
te'pi sarve gatāḥ svargaṃ pretāstasya prabhāvataḥ | daduśca darśanaṃ tasya svapre harṣasamanvitāḥ
Ces preta eux aussi—tous—montèrent au ciel par la puissance de son acte; et, remplis de joie, ils lui accordèrent en songe la vision d’eux-mêmes.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific named speaker not present in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of once-preta beings now luminous ascend toward svarga; later, in a night scene, they appear in the devotee’s dream, smiling and blessing him.
FAQs
Ritual duty performed with faith can tangibly benefit the departed, and signs of their uplift may appear as reassuring visions.
The chapter’s kṣetra context is affirmed through the powerful results; this verse does not name the place directly.
No new prescription; it states the fruit (svarga-gamana) resulting from the śrāddha.