Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
मरणानंतरं तेषां जंतूनां योनिपूरणम् । तथाहि प्रेता मनुजाः श्रूयंते नान्यजंतवः
maraṇānaṃtaraṃ teṣāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ yonipūraṇam | tathāhi pretā manujāḥ śrūyaṃte nānyajaṃtavaḥ
മരണാനന്തരം അവർക്കു പുതിയ യോനി പൂരണം (പുനർജന്മം) സംഭവിക്കുന്നു; കാരണം ‘പ്രേതർ’ മനുഷ്യരാണെന്ന് കേൾക്കപ്പെടുന്നു, മറ്റു ജീവികൾ അല്ല।
Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: a sage/audience (contextual)
Scene: A liminal scene: a departing human soul in preta-like subtle form moving toward rebirth, with symbolic womb imagery and the cycle of saṃsāra suggested through circular motifs.
FAQs
Human birth carries unique moral accountability; the ‘preta’ condition is especially tied to the human journey between death and rebirth.
No tīrtha is referenced; the verse explains a doctrinal point about pretas and rebirth.
Not explicitly; indirectly it supports śrāddha and rites for the departed by emphasizing the human preta-state.