Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अवगाहनेन चान्यत्र फलं किंस्वित्प्रजायते । श्राद्धस्य किं विधानं तु के मंत्रास्तत्र के द्विजाः
avagāhanena cānyatra phalaṃ kiṃsvitprajāyate | śrāddhasya kiṃ vidhānaṃ tu ke maṃtrāstatra ke dvijāḥ
Et en se baignant ailleurs, quel fruit en résulte ? Quel est le rite prescrit du śrāddha en ce lieu—quels mantras faut-il employer, et quels dvija (deux-fois-nés) faut-il y engager ?
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Mukhadvāra context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara (Īśvara)
Scene: The questioner expands: ‘What fruit from bathing elsewhere? What is the śrāddha procedure here—what mantras, which brāhmaṇas?’ A didactic scene with ritual implements: darbha grass, water vessel, sesame, and a manuscript of mantras.
FAQs
Dharma is both inner devotion and correct practice—rites like śrāddha require proper mantra, place, and qualified officiants.
The question is framed within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s sacred setting, with attention to ritual efficacy ‘there’ at the tīrtha.
Śrāddha is explicitly raised: its procedure (vidhi), mantras, and the selection of qualified dvijas.