शक्रशक्र महाबाहो येषां श्राद्धं कृतं त्वया । प्रेतत्वे संस्थितानां च प्रेतत्वेन विवर्जिताः
śakraśakra mahābāho yeṣāṃ śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā | pretatve saṃsthitānāṃ ca pretatvena vivarjitāḥ
“சக்ரா, மகாபாஹுவே! நீ யாருக்காகச் சிராத்தம் செய்தாயோ, அவர்கள் பிரேத நிலையிலிருந்தாலும் பிரேதத்துவத்திலிருந்து விடுபட்டனர்।”
Aśarīriṇī vāk (continuing)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra (Śakra)
Scene: The sky-voice addresses Indra; faint, translucent pretas are shown being released—chains dissolving—transforming into serene, luminous forms moving upward.
Śrāddha performed in a sanctified manner has power to relieve departed beings from the painful preta-condition.
Gayā, renowned as the foremost place for pitṛ-śrāddha and deliverance from preta-status.
Performing śrāddha for the departed, especially for those believed to be in pretatva, to grant them upliftment.