Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
अपि प्रेतत्वमापन्नान्किं पुनः स्वर्गसंस्थितान् । तत्क्षेत्रप्रभवा विप्रा अष्टवंशसमुद्भवाः
api pretatvamāpannānkiṃ punaḥ svargasaṃsthitān | tatkṣetraprabhavā viprā aṣṭavaṃśasamudbhavāḥ
Jika mereka yang jatuh ke keadaan preta (roh gelisah) pun dapat dibantu—apatah lagi mereka yang telah menetap di syurga! Demikianlah para brāhmaṇa yang berasal dari wilayah suci itu, yang terbit daripada lapan keturunan.
Unspecified in snippet (within Śakra–Viṣṇu dialogue; likely Viṣṇu speaking)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (pātra-mahimā of its brāhmaṇas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A compassionate scene: offerings made through kṣetra-born brāhmaṇas; shadowy pretas are soothed and transformed, while luminous pitṛs in svarga are further honored.
FAQs
Śrāddha and sacred-place rites are framed as having the capacity to remedy even difficult post-death conditions, emphasizing compassion and responsibility to ancestors.
The tīrtha-context of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, where such rites are said to be especially efficacious.
Implicitly, performing śrāddha through the recognized brāhmaṇas of the kṣetra (described as ‘eight-lineage’ brāhmaṇas).