Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69
षट्क र्मतत्त्वाभिरतेषु नित्यं विप्रेषु वेदार्थकुतूहलेषु । न तेषु भक्त्या प्रविशंति घोरं महाभयं प्रेतभवं कदाचित्
ṣaṭka rmatattvābhirateṣu nityaṃ vipreṣu vedārthakutūhaleṣu | na teṣu bhaktyā praviśaṃti ghoraṃ mahābhayaṃ pretabhavaṃ kadācit
जो नित्य षट्कर्माच्या तत्त्वात रत व वेदार्थाविषयी कुतूहल असलेल्या ब्राह्मणांवर भक्ती ठेवतो, तो कधीही त्या घोर महाभयात पडत नाही—आणि प्रेतभावास प्राप्त होत नाही.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis seeking phala of conduct at Prabhāsa
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers cloth/food and water to a serene Veda-reciting brāhmaṇa; behind, a shadowy preta-form dissolves into light, symbolizing fear removed.
FAQs
Devotion to Veda-rooted brāhmaṇas and their dharma is said to protect one from fearful post-death states.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharmic association and service are presented as powerful safeguards.
No single rite is commanded; it commends supporting brāhmaṇas devoted to ṣaṭkarma and Vedic study.