Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
भार्गवोऽपि च तं हत्वा रक्तमादाय कृत्स्नशः । ततः संप्रेषयामास यत्र गर्ताऽथ पैतृकी
bhārgavo'pi ca taṃ hatvā raktamādāya kṛtsnaśaḥ | tataḥ saṃpreṣayāmāsa yatra gartā'tha paitṛkī
भार्गवोऽपि तं हत्वा कृत्स्नं रक्तं समादाय, ततः यत्र पैतृकी गर्ता स्थिताऽभूत् तत्र संप्रेषयामास।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Paitṛkī Gartā
Type: kund
Scene: Paraśurāma, stern and ascetic-warrior, gathers blood into vessels; messengers carry it toward the ancestral pit, suggesting a grim ‘offering’ journey.
FAQs
Actions—even fierce ones—are framed within vows and ritual accountability, pointing to the Purāṇic emphasis on dharma and the settling of ancestral obligations.
The verse gestures toward a ritual locus marked by a “paitṛkī gartā” (ancestral pit), later contextualized in this adhyāya with the movement toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
It foreshadows pitṛ-oriented rites by referencing the ancestral pit where offerings/ritual actions connected to the Pitṛs are performed.