Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टस्तेषामेव पृथक्पृथक् । श्राद्धं चक्रे च भूतानां नित्यमेव समाहितः
tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭasteṣāmeva pṛthakpṛthak | śrāddhaṃ cakre ca bhūtānāṃ nityameva samāhitaḥ
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ വിസ്മയാവിഷ്ടനായി, ആ പ്രേതഭൂതങ്ങളേക്കുറിച്ച് ഓരോരുത്തർക്കും വേർതിരിച്ച് ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്തു; നിത്യവും ഏകാഗ്രനായി നിന്നു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific named speaker not present in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Śūdra, astonished yet composed, performs śrāddha repeatedly—separate offerings for each departed—arranging darbha, water, and piṇḍas with focused posture.
FAQs
Sincere, disciplined performance of prescribed rites—done carefully and individually—brings spiritual benefit to the departed.
The rite occurs within the sanctified kṣetra context of the chapter; the shloka emphasizes correct performance rather than naming the site.
Śrāddha is to be performed for the departed, and done separately for each (pṛthak-pṛthak) with steady attention.