Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
पितरो अन्येऽपि मर्त्या निवसन्ति त्रिविष्टपे । द्विविधास्ते प्रदृश्यंते सुखिनोऽसुखिनः परे
pitaro anye'pi martyā nivasanti triviṣṭape | dvividhāste pradṛśyaṃte sukhino'sukhinaḥ pare
इतर पितरही—जे पूर्वी मनुष्य होते—त्रिविष्टप (स्वर्ग) येथे वास करतात. ते दोन प्रकारचे दिसतात—काही सुखी, तर काही अन्य दुःखी.
Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic dialogue context; likely a sage/narrator addressing a king)
Scene: A visionary tableau of Triviṣṭapa where groups of pitṛs appear in two contrasting states—some serene and radiant, others wan and distressed—suggesting the unseen consequences of human rites.
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The ancestors’ posthumous state varies; dharmic support from descendants and prior merit affect their well-being.
No particular tīrtha is specified; the verse sets an ethical backdrop for tīrtha-based śrāddha practices.
None explicitly, but it prepares the rationale for śrāddha: offerings can influence the ancestors’ comfort.
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