Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
निर्विण्णाः प्रेतरूपेण तस्मात्त्वं द्विजसत्तम । गतिर्भव महाभाग सर्वेषां नः प्रयत्नतः
nirviṇṇāḥ pretarūpeṇa tasmāttvaṃ dvijasattama | gatirbhava mahābhāga sarveṣāṃ naḥ prayatnataḥ
പ്രേതരൂപത്തിൽ ഞങ്ങൾ ക്ഷീണിച്ചു നിരാശപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ, ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, ഹേ മഹാഭാഗാ—നിന്റെ പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ ഞങ്ങളൊക്കെയും മോചിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഗതിയായി ഭവിക്കണമേ।
Pretas (collective)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Gautama
Scene: Weary pretas, visibly distressed, plead before Gautama, addressing him as dvija-sattama and asking him to become their deliverer through deliberate effort.
FAQs
Compassionate intervention by the righteous—especially through dharmic effort—can become a ‘gati’ (saving path) for suffering beings.
The appeal occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where the sacred region is the setting for liberation.
The verse implies seeking a brāhmaṇa’s help; the explicit rite (śrāddha) is stated in subsequent verses.