Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
विधिवद्दास्यति श्राद्धं स्नात्वा संतर्प्य देवताः । युष्मत्प्रसादतस्तस्य ह्यन्वयेऽपि कदाचन । मा भूयात्प्रेतभावो हि अपि पापान्वितस्य भोः
vidhivaddāsyati śrāddhaṃ snātvā saṃtarpya devatāḥ | yuṣmatprasādatastasya hyanvaye'pi kadācana | mā bhūyātpretabhāvo hi api pāpānvitasya bhoḥ
“…setelah mandi dan dengan tertib menyantuni para dewa, dia akan melaksanakan śrāddha menurut aturan. Dengan rahmatmu, bagi dirinya—bahkan bagi seluruh keturunannya—janganlah sekali-kali timbul keadaan menjadi preta, walaupun ada yang dicemari dosa, wahai tuan.”
Gautama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A complete śrāddha scene: after bathing, the performer offers water and piṇḍas, while deities are symbolically ‘satisfied’ through offerings; a protective aura extends over a family tree motif, while preta-shadows dissolve.
FAQs
Ritual performed with proper method and devotion at a tīrtha yields multi-generational welfare, removing fear of preta-state and its suffering.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s sacred spot that becomes associated with Pretatīrtha and ancestral deliverance.
Snāna at the tīrtha, devatā-tarpaṇa (satisfying deities), and vidhivat-śrāddha (rule-based śrāddha).