Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
गौतम उवाच । येन कर्मविपाकेनन प्रेतो जायते नरः । तन्मे वदत निःशेषं कौतुकं मेऽत्र विद्यते
gautama uvāca | yena karmavipākenana preto jāyate naraḥ | tanme vadata niḥśeṣaṃ kautukaṃ me'tra vidyate
Gautama berkata: “Dengan hasil masak karma yang bagaimana seseorang tidak menjadi preta? Katakanlah kepadaku dengan lengkap; besar sekali rasa ingin tahuku tentang hal ini.”
Gautama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (Kārttikeya)
Scene: Gautama, earnest and composed, asks Skanda about the complete means to avoid preta-birth; Skanda sits as luminous teacher, with the sea-temple horizon of Prabhāsa behind, suggesting the setting’s salvific promise.
FAQs
The text frames spiritual outcomes as karma-vipāka (ripened results of actions) and encourages inquiry into the conduct that leads to peace after death.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the doctrinal setting where right conduct and pilgrimage virtues are taught.
None directly; it introduces the query about the practices and merits that prevent pretatva.