Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
प्रेतानां राक्षसानां च भूतादीनां भविष्यति । मम वाक्यादसंदिग्धं ये चान्ये कीर्तितास्त्वया
pretānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca bhūtādīnāṃ bhaviṣyati | mama vākyādasaṃdigdhaṃ ye cānye kīrtitāstvayā
—isso produzirá efeito, de fato, para os pretas, para os rākṣasas, para os bhūtas e semelhantes. Pela minha palavra, não há dúvida; e assim também para quaisquer outros que tenhas mencionado.
Brahmā
Scene: Brahmā assures that offerings will reach pretas, rākṣasas, bhūtas, and other named beings; visual contrast between luminous Brahmā and shadowy liminal spirits being pacified by ritual water and sesame offerings.
FAQs
Proper rites done with faith are affirmed as universally efficacious—even extending benefit to troubled or liminal classes of beings.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on the assured fruit of the rite within a Tīrthamāhātmya discourse.
The verse confirms the effectiveness of the prescribed Śrāddha for various beings (preta, rākṣasa, bhūta, etc.).
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