Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 78
वृषोत्सर्गेण तान्सर्वांस्तारयेदेकविंशतिम् । लोहितो यस्तु वर्णेन मुखे पुच्छे च पाण्डुरः
vṛṣotsargeṇa tānsarvāṃstārayedekaviṃśatim | lohito yastu varṇena mukhe pucche ca pāṇḍuraḥ
ด้วยพิธีปล่อยโคเพศผู้ (วฤษภโอตสรรคะ) ย่อมยังบรรพชนทั้งหลาย—ยี่สิบเอ็ดท่าน—ให้พ้นได้ โคเพศผู้ที่มีสีแดงเรื่อ แต่ที่หน้าและหางกลับซีดขาว—
Unspecified in snippet (Revā-khaṇḍa narrator)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-sphere (Revākhaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual scene on the Revā’s bank: a donor releases a consecrated bull, while priests recite mantras; subtle ancestral presence is implied behind the rite.
FAQs
A single well-performed dharmic rite can have far-reaching ancestral benefit, extending across many generations.
The Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 146 (not explicitly named in this verse).
Vṛṣotsarga with attention to the bull’s auspicious markings, said to liberate twenty-one ancestors.