Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
जायतां मम तातस्य स्वर्गस्थस्य महात्मनः । प्रसादात्तव संतृप्तिरक्षया सुरसत्तम
jāyatāṃ mama tātasya svargasthasya mahātmanaḥ | prasādāttava saṃtṛptirakṣayā surasattama
സ്വർഗസ്ഥനായ എന്റെ മഹാത്മ പിതാവിന് ക്ഷേമം ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ. ഹേ ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, നിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ നിന്റെ തൃപ്തി അക്ഷയവും അവ്യയവും ആയിരിക്കട്ടെ।
King (addressing Bhagavān/Deity in the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇa audience (not explicit)
Scene: A king/devotee stands with folded hands before a deity, praying for his father in svarga; a subtle celestial vignette shows the father radiant in heaven; the deity’s grace descends as a calm light.
FAQs
Devotion includes gratitude and concern for one’s ancestors; divine grace makes spiritual fruit enduring.
The surrounding passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and Miṣṭānnadeśvara glorification in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit rite is stated here; it is a prayer seeking grace and lasting satisfaction.