Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
मानुष्यास्थि गृहे यत्र अहोरात्रे व्यवस्थितम् । तत्रायं भूतनिवहो यथेष्टं विचरिष्यति
mānuṣyāsthi gṛhe yatra ahorātre vyavasthitam | tatrāyaṃ bhūtanivaho yatheṣṭaṃ vicariṣyati
മനുഷ്യ അസ്ഥികൾ പകലും രാത്രിയും ഗൃഹത്തിൽ സൂക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടുന്നിടത്ത്, അവിടെ ഭൂതഗണം ഇഷ്ടംപോലെ സഞ്ചരിക്കും।
Skanda (Kumāra) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A quiet house interior with a bundle of bones kept on a shelf; as night falls, a swarm of bhūtas—shadowy, restless—moves freely through rooms, while a lamp flickers weakly.
FAQs
Association with death-impurity and improper handling of remains is depicted as attracting disruptive forces; dharma requires purity and proper rites.
Prabhāsakṣetra, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative.
Not stated directly; the implied prescription is proper funerary rites and avoidance of keeping impure remains in the home.