Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
शृणुष्वाऽवहितो भूत्वा सर्वेषां नः पृथक्पृथक् । कर्मणा येन संजातं प्रेतत्वमिह भूमिप
śṛṇuṣvā'vahito bhūtvā sarveṣāṃ naḥ pṛthakpṛthak | karmaṇā yena saṃjātaṃ pretatvamiha bhūmipa
Wahai penguasa bumi, dengarkan dengan saksama. Akan kuceritakan satu per satu perbuatan kami, yang membuat kami jatuh ke keadaan preta di tempat ini.
Māṃsāda (preta)
Listener: Sages (frame); immediate: king
Scene: Māṃsāda prepares to narrate each preta’s past deeds; the king leans forward in attentive listening; the other pretas stand silently, awaiting their turn; the scene feels like a moral tribunal under the forest canopy.
FAQs
Pretahood is presented as a karmic result; the text frames afterlife states as morally caused and explainable.
This verse does not name a site; it introduces a karmic confession within a tīrthamāhātmya narrative arc.
None explicitly; it prepares for a description of sins and their consequences.