Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75
पर्युषित उवाच । मुक्तोऽहं त्वत्प्रसादेन प्रेतभावाद्द्विजोत्तम । स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि विमानं मे ह्युपस्थितम्
paryuṣita uvāca | mukto'haṃ tvatprasādena pretabhāvāddvijottama | svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi vimānaṃ me hyupasthitam
പര്യുഷിതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമാ, നിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ഞാൻ പ്രേതഭാവത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനായി. നിനക്ക് മംഗളം ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ; ഞാൻ ഇപ്പോൾ പോകുന്നു, എന്റെ വിമാനം സന്നിഹിതമാണ്.
Paryuṣita
Tirtha: Haripriyā-tīrtha (implied cause of fruit)
Type: ghat
Listener: Dvijottama (the sage)
Scene: In a dream, Paryuṣita announces liberation from preta-state by the sage’s grace, blesses him, and departs as a celestial vimāna arrives.
FAQs
Compassionate dharmic help—especially tīrtha-śrāddha—can release a departed being from preta-existence and grant higher realms.
Haripriya Tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra is the implied sacred locus behind this liberation.
The verse highlights the fruit of śrāddha; it implies the efficacy of properly performed rites for preta-śānti and gati.
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