Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 118
अमूर्तानां च मूर्तानां पितॄणां दीप्ततेजसाम् । नमस्यामि सदा तेषां ध्यायिनां दिव्यचक्षुषाम्
amūrtānāṃ ca mūrtānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ dīptatejasām | namasyāmi sadā teṣāṃ dhyāyināṃ divyacakṣuṣām
Je me prosterne sans cesse devant ces Pitṛs—sans forme et avec forme—rayonnants d’un éclat ardent, recueillis en méditation et pourvus de la vision divine.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/householders performing pitṛ rites
Scene: Radiant pitṛs depicted in two registers: subtle formless light-forms and dignified embodied ancestor figures, all with ‘divine sight’ (bright eyes), seated in meditation; the devotee bows below with folded hands.
FAQs
Ancestors are envisioned as spiritually luminous beings; reverence to them is a path of gratitude and dharmic continuity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya frames these Pitṛ-invocations as especially potent.
A devotional salutation (stuti) to Pitṛs, suitable for recitation within Śrāddha and Pitṛ rites.