Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
आकस्मिकी च बाधा नः कदाचिन्न प्रणश्यति । तथा कुरुत भद्रं वो यथा तुष्टिः प्रजायते
ākasmikī ca bādhā naḥ kadācinna praṇaśyati | tathā kuruta bhadraṃ vo yathā tuṣṭiḥ prajāyate
และความทุกข์อันบังเกิดฉับพลันของเรานี้ไม่เคยดับสูญโดยแท้ ดังนั้น—ขอความเป็นสิริมงคลจงมีแก่ท่าน—จงกระทำให้ความอิ่มเอมเกิดขึ้นแก่เรา
Pitṛs (ancestors), addressing others (likely devas or those able to help)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pleading scene: afflicted beings confess that sudden suffering never fully vanishes and request the listeners to act so that satisfaction may arise.
FAQs
The Pitṛs explicitly seek remedial action, reinforcing the dharmic responsibility to perform acts that generate their ‘tuṣṭi’ (satisfaction).
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
Not named explicitly, but the requested ‘act’ aligns with śrāddha, tarpaṇa, and offerings dedicated to Pitṛs.