Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63
तस्मात्त्वं देहि नः श्राद्धं गत्वा क्षेत्रं तु वैष्णवम् । नामगोत्राणि चादाय मोक्षं यास्यामहे ततः
tasmāttvaṃ dehi naḥ śrāddhaṃ gatvā kṣetraṃ tu vaiṣṇavam | nāmagotrāṇi cādāya mokṣaṃ yāsyāmahe tataḥ
C’est pourquoi, accomplis pour nous le śrāddha après être allé en un lieu sacré vaiṣṇava. En prenant nos noms et nos lignées, nous atteindrons alors la délivrance (mokṣa).
Pretas (collective)
Tirtha: Hareḥ-gṛha (Vaiṣṇava-kṣetra) in Prabhāsa tradition
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed lord/benefactor (contextually the brāhmaṇa as intended doer, though verse addresses ‘tvam’)
Scene: Pretas, now more hopeful, instruct the brāhmaṇa to go to a Vaiṣṇava kṣetra and perform śrāddha with their names and gotras; a vision of Hari’s shrine appears as a luminous destination.
FAQs
Proper śrāddha, done with identity (name and gotra) and in a sanctified locale, is portrayed as a powerful means for the departed to gain mokṣa.
A ‘Vaiṣṇava kṣetra’ is explicitly praised; within this chapter it is situated in the Prabhāsa Māhātmya context.
Perform śrāddha for the pretas at a Vaiṣṇava sacred place, invoking their names and gotras.