Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः । शोधनीयाः प्रयत्नेन त्रयश्चैतेऽपि तस्य च
pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | śodhanīyāḥ prayatnena trayaścaite'pi tasya ca
पिता, पितामह आणि प्रपितामह—हे तिघेही त्याच्या संबंधाने यत्नपूर्वक तपासून शुद्ध करावेत।
Skanda (deduced)
Scene: A symbolic depiction of three ancestral figures behind the devotee (father, grandfather, great-grandfather) rendered as dignified elders; brāhmaṇas perform a preparatory rite with kuśa and water, indicating purification across generations.
FAQs
Purity and dharma are linked with responsibility to one’s ancestral line and careful ritual procedure.
No named tīrtha appears here; the verse is procedural within a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.
Paternal ancestors up to three generations are to be included in śodhana (purificatory verification).