Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
तत्रापि पतनं तस्मात्स्थानाद्भवति भूमिप । वंशोच्छेदान्पुनः सर्वे निपतंति महीतले । त्रुटद्रज्जुनिबद्धं हि भांडं यद्वन्निराश्रयम्
tatrāpi patanaṃ tasmātsthānādbhavati bhūmipa | vaṃśocchedānpunaḥ sarve nipataṃti mahītale | truṭadrajjunibaddhaṃ hi bhāṃḍaṃ yadvannirāśrayam
แม้จากสภาพนั้นก็ยังมีความตกต่ำจากฐานะนั้นได้ โอ้ผู้พิทักษ์แห่งแผ่นดิน เมื่อวงศ์สกุลขาดสะบั้น ทุกผู้ย่อมตกกลับสู่พื้นพิภพ—ดุจภาชนะที่ผูกด้วยเชือกซึ่งขาดลง จึงไร้ที่พึ่งพิง
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: king (bhūmipa addressed)
Scene: A pot suspended by a rope suddenly snapping; the pot falls—symbolizing ancestors losing support when lineage ends; juxtaposed with a family performing annual śrāddha to show the ‘rope’ of continuity.
FAQs
Lineage-continuity is framed as a spiritual support-system; when it breaks, stability is lost and the departed fall into less supported states.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
Implicitly encourages sustaining family dharma (including ancestral rites), though no single ritual is directly prescribed here.