Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65
यस्ययस्य यदा श्राद्धं करोति द्विजसत्तमः । स रात्रौ स्वप्न एत्यैनं दर्शने वाक्यमब्रवीत्
yasyayasya yadā śrāddhaṃ karoti dvijasattamaḥ | sa rātrau svapna etyainaṃ darśane vākyamabravīt
ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ ദ്വിജൻ ആരുടെയെങ്കിലും ശ്രാദ്ധം എപ്പോഴെല്ലാം ചെയ്തുവോ, അപ്പോഴെല്ലാം ആ വ്യക്തി രാത്രിയിൽ സ്വപ്നദർശനമായി വന്ന് അവനോട് ഈ വാക്കുകൾ പറഞ്ഞു।
Īśvara (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Hareḥ-gṛha context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (implicit)
Scene: Night scene: the brāhmaṇa sleeps after completing śrāddha; a luminous figure of the recently released preta appears in the dream-space, speaking with gratitude; moonlight and temple lamps frame the atmosphere.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often validate dharma through ‘phala’ signs—here, dream-visions confirm the efficacy of śrāddha.
The episode belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; the rite is connected to a Vaiṣṇava sacred setting mentioned earlier.
It implies performing śrāddha for each person; the result is communicated through a dream-vision.