Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
अहं वरप्रदस्तेषां तारयिष्यामि तत्क्षणात् । पितृन्सर्वान्न संदेहो यदि पापशतैर्वृताः
ahaṃ varapradasteṣāṃ tārayiṣyāmi tatkṣaṇāt | pitṛnsarvānna saṃdeho yadi pāpaśatairvṛtāḥ
ഞാൻ വരദാതാവാണ്; അവരുടെ എല്ലാ പിതൃകളെയും ആ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ ഞാൻ താരിക്കും—സംശയമില്ല—അവർ നൂറുകണക്കിന് പാപങ്ങളാൽ മൂടപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നാലും.
Īśvara/Śiva (continuing as Śrī Bhagavān in this passage)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pitṛ-uddhāra efficacy)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutors within the Prabhāsa māhātmya narrative
Scene: The Lord as boon-giver proclaims immediate rescue of the Pitṛs; behind the devotee performing tarpaṇa, shadowy sin-bonds around ancestors dissolve into light.
FAQs
Divine grace at a sanctified tīrtha can overcome even heavy karmic burdens when approached with dharmic intent.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Lord promises immediate upliftment for the Pitṛs.
The verse is the Lord’s assurance tied to the preceding acts of snāna and pitṛ-tarpaṇa.