Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
अथापरे ये च मृताः शौचेन तु विना कृताः । ते चात्र तर्पिताः सर्वे प्रयान्तु परमां गतिम्
athāpare ye ca mṛtāḥ śaucena tu vinā kṛtāḥ | te cātra tarpitāḥ sarve prayāntu paramāṃ gatim
ശൗചവിധി പാലിക്കാതെ മരിച്ച മറ്റുള്ളവരും—അവർ എല്ലാവരും ഇവിടെ തർപ്പണത്താൽ തൃപ്തരായി പരമഗതിയിലേക്കു പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ.
Unspecified (contextual prayer within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unspecified within the excerpt
Scene: After offerings at Prabhāsa, ancestors who were once troubled by impurity are shown fully satiated, serene, and ascending toward a radiant ‘supreme state’; the devotee and priest stand by the water with lamps and kuśa.
FAQs
Compassionate tīrtha rites can spiritually assist even those whose end-of-life rites were imperfect.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where tarpaṇa is said to grant the departed a higher passage.
Tarpaṇa (libation/offering that ‘satisfies’ the departed) is the operative rite.