Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
नापुत्रो नाधनो रोगी सप्तजन्मसु जायते । एकविंशतिं पितुः पक्षे मातुश्वैवेकविंशतिम्
nāputro nādhano rogī saptajanmasu jāyate | ekaviṃśatiṃ pituḥ pakṣe mātuśvaivekaviṃśatim
सात जन्मांपर्यंत तो निःसंतान, निर्धन किंवा रोगी असा जन्म घेत नाही. तो पितृपक्षातील एकवीस पिढ्या आणि मातृपक्षातीलही तितक्याच एकवीस पिढ्या तारतो.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpa (King)
Scene: A symbolic tableau: the pilgrim stands before Śiva’s shrine while behind him appear two ancestral ‘trees’—paternal and maternal—each with 21 luminous ancestor figures ascending, signifying uplift; the pilgrim is crowned by blessings of health, wealth, and children.
FAQs
Tīrtha-sevā is framed as both worldly welfare and transgenerational upliftment of one’s lineage.
Śūlabheda-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa, praised for powerful lineage-benefits.
The verse states results (phalaśruti); the implied practice is tīrtha-bathing/rites at Śūlabheda described in the surrounding verses.