Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
गौतम उवाच । प्रेतयोनौ प्रवृत्तानां केन नामानि कृत्स्नशः । युष्माकं निर्मितान्येवमेतन्मे कौतुकं महत्
gautama uvāca | pretayonau pravṛttānāṃ kena nāmāni kṛtsnaśaḥ | yuṣmākaṃ nirmitānyevametanme kautukaṃ mahat
ഗൗതമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—പ്രേതയോണിയിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന നിങ്ങളുടെയീ എല്ലാ പേരുകളും പൂർണ്ണമായി ആരാണ് നിശ്ചയിച്ചത്? നിങ്ങള്ക്കായി ഇവ ഇങ്ങനെ രൂപപ്പെട്ടത് എനിക്ക് മഹത്തായ കൗതുകമാണ്.
Gautama Ṛṣi
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka et al. (frame) / immediate: Gautama as questioner, pretas as respondents
Scene: Sage Gautama, calm and radiant, addresses a cluster of pretas; his hand raised in inquiry (praśna-mudrā). The pretas appear restless; the coastal sacred landscape frames the scene.
FAQs
The verse prompts inquiry into moral causality: conditions after death are not random but governed by discernible principles.
Prabhāsakṣetra, the dharmic landscape where sages interrogate subtle truths and receive instructive answers.
None explicitly; the question sets up later guidance about charity, conduct, and purity.
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