Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । येषां च शस्त्रमृत्युः स्यादपमृत्युरथापि वा । उपसर्गान्मृतानां च विषमृत्युमुपेयुषाम्
bhartṛyajña uvāca | yeṣāṃ ca śastramṛtyuḥ syādapamṛtyurathāpi vā | upasargānmṛtānāṃ ca viṣamṛtyumupeyuṣām
Bhartṛyajña berkata: “Bagi mereka yang wafat karena senjata, atau karena kematian sebelum waktunya; bagi mereka yang binasa oleh malapetaka; dan bagi mereka yang menemui ajal karena racun—”
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bhartṛyajña begins a query/list about those who died violently or untimely; the atmosphere is somber, with symbolic imagery of weapons, storm/calamity, and a poison vessel, contrasted with ritual lamps promising relief.
FAQs
Purāṇic Dharma recognizes many difficult modes of death and prepares ritual means to protect the departed and the family’s dharmic continuity.
The discourse continues within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
This verse opens a list of special death-cases; the specific remedial rite is introduced in subsequent verses.