Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
यत्पयः स्नानवस्त्रोत्थं भूमौ पतति पुत्रक । तेन ये तरुतां प्राप्तास्तेषांतृप्तिः प्रजायते
yatpayaḥ snānavastrotthaṃ bhūmau patati putraka | tena ye tarutāṃ prāptāsteṣāṃtṛptiḥ prajāyate
Mon enfant, l’eau qui goutte au sol depuis le linge du bain : par elle, ceux qui ont atteint l’état d’arbres trouvent satisfaction.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A son/young inquirer (putraka)
Scene: At Prabhāsa’s seashore/ghāṭa, a pilgrim wrings a wet bathing cloth; droplets fall onto sand/earth, while faint ancestral forms—tree-spirits—receive satisfaction in the unseen realm.
FAQs
Even seemingly minor ritual remnants can carry karmic efficacy, reaching beings in difficult states of existence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as part of its māhātmya’s instruction on śrāddha and purity.
Water dripping from bathing cloth onto the earth is described as giving satisfaction to beings who have taken birth as trees.