Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
शृणुष्वाऽवहितो भूत्वा सर्वेषां नः पृथक्पृथक् । कर्मणा येन संजातं प्रेतत्वमिह भूमिप
śṛṇuṣvā'vahito bhūtvā sarveṣāṃ naḥ pṛthakpṛthak | karmaṇā yena saṃjātaṃ pretatvamiha bhūmipa
अवहितो भूत्वा शृणुष्व, भूमिप; अस्माकं सर्वेषां पृथक्पृथक्। येन कर्मणा इह प्रेतत्वं संजातम्, तद्वक्ष्यामि।
Māṃsāda (preta)
Listener: Sages (frame); immediate: king
Scene: Māṃsāda prepares to narrate each preta’s past deeds; the king leans forward in attentive listening; the other pretas stand silently, awaiting their turn; the scene feels like a moral tribunal under the forest canopy.
FAQs
Pretahood is presented as a karmic result; the text frames afterlife states as morally caused and explainable.
This verse does not name a site; it introduces a karmic confession within a tīrthamāhātmya narrative arc.
None explicitly; it prepares for a description of sins and their consequences.
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