शक्रशक्र महाबाहो येषां श्राद्धं कृतं त्वया । प्रेतत्वे संस्थितानां च प्रेतत्वेन विवर्जिताः
śakraśakra mahābāho yeṣāṃ śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā | pretatve saṃsthitānāṃ ca pretatvena vivarjitāḥ
“હે શક્ર, હે મહાબાહો! જેમના માટે તું શ્રાદ્ધ કર્યું છે, તેઓ પ્રેતાવસ્થામાં હોવા છતાં પ્રેતત્વથી મુક્ત થયા છે।”
Aśarīriṇī vāk (continuing)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra (Śakra)
Scene: The sky-voice addresses Indra; faint, translucent pretas are shown being released—chains dissolving—transforming into serene, luminous forms moving upward.
Śrāddha performed in a sanctified manner has power to relieve departed beings from the painful preta-condition.
Gayā, renowned as the foremost place for pitṛ-śrāddha and deliverance from preta-status.
Performing śrāddha for the departed, especially for those believed to be in pretatva, to grant them upliftment.
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