Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
येषां यच्छन्ति ते नैव किंचित्किञ्चित्स्ववंशजाः । क्षुत्पिपासाकुला स्ते च दृश्यन्ते बहुदुःखिताः
yeṣāṃ yacchanti te naiva kiṃcitkiñcitsvavaṃśajāḥ | kṣutpipāsākulā ste ca dṛśyante bahuduḥkhitāḥ
ส่วนปิตฤผู้ซึ่งวงศ์วานของตนมิได้ถวายสิ่งใดเลยนั้น ปรากฏว่าถูกความหิวและกระหายรบกวน และทุกข์หนักยิ่ง
Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic dialogue context; likely a sage/narrator addressing a king)
Scene: A stark contrast scene: pitṛs appear emaciated and parched, hands outstretched, set against a dimmer celestial background—an admonitory vision of neglect.
FAQs
Neglect of ancestral rites is portrayed as causing real deprivation to Pitṛs, urging descendants to uphold śrāddha-dharma.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it provides the ethical urgency behind tīrtha-based śrāddha.
It implicitly prescribes giving śrāddha offerings; failing to do so leaves ancestors in distress.