Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
पितॄणां च सुतानां च बंधूनां च विशेषतः । श्वश्रूणां च स्नुषाणां च भगिनीभ्रातृभार्ययोः
pitṝṇāṃ ca sutānāṃ ca baṃdhūnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | śvaśrūṇāṃ ca snuṣāṇāṃ ca bhaginībhrātṛbhāryayoḥ
പിതാക്കന്മാർക്കും പുത്രന്മാർക്കും, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ബന്ധുക്കൾക്കും; അമ്മായിമാർക്കും മരുമകൾക്കും; കൂടാതെ സഹോദരിമാർക്കും സഹോദരന്മാരുടെ ഭാര്യമാർക്കും—
Indra (continuation of Indra’s explanation begun in v.33)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim performs water-offerings (tarpaṇa) with folded hands, while subtle, translucent ancestral figures and family members are symbolically shown receiving blessings; the Hāṭakeśvara shrine stands nearby.
FAQs
It frames dharma in relational terms, highlighting how actions and emotions affect one’s wider family network.
The passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra-mahātmya in Adhyāya 206.
No direct ritual is mentioned in this half-verse; it is part of a longer statement about effects and conduct.