Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
अपि प्रेतत्वमापन्नान्किं पुनः स्वर्गसंस्थितान् । तत्क्षेत्रप्रभवा विप्रा अष्टवंशसमुद्भवाः
api pretatvamāpannānkiṃ punaḥ svargasaṃsthitān | tatkṣetraprabhavā viprā aṣṭavaṃśasamudbhavāḥ
ప్రేతత్వాన్ని పొందినవారికే ఉపకారం కలుగుతే, స్వర్గస్థుల సంగతి మరెంత! ఆ క్షేత్రంలో పుట్టిన ఆ బ్రాహ్మణులు అష్టవంశసముద్భవులు।
Unspecified in snippet (within Śakra–Viṣṇu dialogue; likely Viṣṇu speaking)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (pātra-mahimā of its brāhmaṇas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A compassionate scene: offerings made through kṣetra-born brāhmaṇas; shadowy pretas are soothed and transformed, while luminous pitṛs in svarga are further honored.
FAQs
Śrāddha and sacred-place rites are framed as having the capacity to remedy even difficult post-death conditions, emphasizing compassion and responsibility to ancestors.
The tīrtha-context of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, where such rites are said to be especially efficacious.
Implicitly, performing śrāddha through the recognized brāhmaṇas of the kṣetra (described as ‘eight-lineage’ brāhmaṇas).