Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः । शोधनीयाः प्रयत्नेन त्रयश्चैतेऽपि तस्य च
pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | śodhanīyāḥ prayatnena trayaścaite'pi tasya ca
പിതാവ്, പിതാമഹൻ, പ്രപിതാമഹൻ—ഈ മൂന്നുപേരെയും അവനുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ പരിശോധിച്ച് ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കണം।
Skanda (deduced)
Scene: A symbolic depiction of three ancestral figures behind the devotee (father, grandfather, great-grandfather) rendered as dignified elders; brāhmaṇas perform a preparatory rite with kuśa and water, indicating purification across generations.
FAQs
Purity and dharma are linked with responsibility to one’s ancestral line and careful ritual procedure.
No named tīrtha appears here; the verse is procedural within a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.
Paternal ancestors up to three generations are to be included in śodhana (purificatory verification).