Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
कुले न जायते तस्य प्रेतः पार्थ न संशयः । प्रेता मोक्षं प्रगच्छन्ति तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
kule na jāyate tasya pretaḥ pārtha na saṃśayaḥ | pretā mokṣaṃ pragacchanti tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
हे पार्थ, निःसंदेह उसके कुल में कोई प्रेत नहीं उत्पन्न होता; इस तीर्थ के प्रभाव से प्रेत भी मोक्ष को प्राप्त होते हैं।
Unspecified (narrative voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha: Mokṣa-tīrtha (Mokṣanātha-kūpa)
Type: kund
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: A teacher-figure addresses ‘Pārtha’ with certainty; behind them, the sacred well and a subtle vision of ancestors becoming peaceful and luminous, ascending from unrest to release.
FAQs
Tīrtha-prabhāva can transform karmic outcomes for a family, ensuring peace for ancestors and preventing the preta-condition.
The same Mokṣanātha-associated tīrtha/well whose power is said to grant preta-mukti.
Implicit continuation of the prior rite (snāna and offerings), whose result is described as liberation for the departed.