Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
जायतां मम तातस्य स्वर्गस्थस्य महात्मनः । प्रसादात्तव संतृप्तिरक्षया सुरसत्तम
jāyatāṃ mama tātasya svargasthasya mahātmanaḥ | prasādāttava saṃtṛptirakṣayā surasattama
माझ्या स्वर्गस्थ महात्मा पित्याचे कल्याण होवो। हे देवश्रेष्ठा, तुझ्या प्रसादाने तुझी तृप्ती अक्षय व अव्यय राहो।
King (addressing Bhagavān/Deity in the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇa audience (not explicit)
Scene: A king/devotee stands with folded hands before a deity, praying for his father in svarga; a subtle celestial vignette shows the father radiant in heaven; the deity’s grace descends as a calm light.
FAQs
Devotion includes gratitude and concern for one’s ancestors; divine grace makes spiritual fruit enduring.
The surrounding passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and Miṣṭānnadeśvara glorification in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit rite is stated here; it is a prayer seeking grace and lasting satisfaction.
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