Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
तस्य दानस्य यत्पुण्यं तदस्माकं प्रजायते । यस्मिन्गृहे सदोच्छिष्टं सदा च कलहो भवेत् । वैश्वदेवविहीने तु तत्र भुंजामहे वयम्
tasya dānasya yatpuṇyaṃ tadasmākaṃ prajāyate | yasmingṛhe sadocchiṣṭaṃ sadā ca kalaho bhavet | vaiśvadevavihīne tu tatra bhuṃjāmahe vayam
Le mérite né de ce don revient à nous (les prétas). Dans la maison où des restes traînent sans cesse et où les querelles éclatent toujours, et où l’offrande du Vaiśvadeva est négligée, c’est là que nous nous nourrissons.
Pretāḥ
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Householders in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame
Scene: A disorderly house with leftover food scattered, family members quarreling, and no Vaiśvadeva offering; pretas sit contentedly consuming the subtle essence, while a neglected altar remains unlit.
FAQs
Domestic purity and daily sacred offerings protect merit; disorder, quarrel, and neglect of Vaiśvadeva invite preta-association and loss of puṇya.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the māhātmya uses household-dharma to frame the sanctity expected around sacred geography and rites.
Maintain cleanliness (no perpetual leftovers), cultivate harmony, and perform Vaiśvadeva (daily offering) regularly.