Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
प्रेतयोनिं गता ये च ये च कीटत्वमागताः । सर्वे ते मुक्तिमायांति पितरस्त्रिकुलोद्भवाः
pretayoniṃ gatā ye ca ye ca kīṭatvamāgatāḥ | sarve te muktimāyāṃti pitarastrikulodbhavāḥ
ప్రేతయోనికి వెళ్లినవారూ, కీటత్వాన్ని పొందినవారూ—త్రికులంలో జన్మించిన ఆ పితరులందరూ ముక్తిని పొందుతారు।
Narratorial voice (contextual phalaśruti within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: (contextual) audience seeking tīrtha-phala
Scene: A devotee performs offerings with water and sesame (symbolic tarpaṇa) near Dvārakā; above, shadowy forms of pretas and tiny worm-like beings are shown being lifted into light, transforming into radiant ancestral figures representing three family lines.
FAQs
The sacred merit connected with Dvārakā’s Māhātmya is presented as powerful enough to uplift even severely fallen ancestral conditions.
Dvārakā, whose greatness is being proclaimed through phalaśruti.
No explicit ritual is named; the verse emphasizes the salvific potency associated with the Māhātmya’s merit (commonly accessed via śravaṇa/recitation).