Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52
पूर्वजास्तस्य नरके पतंत्यग्रे न संततिः । वायुपुत्रं समाहूय ततो रामोऽब्रवीद्वचः
pūrvajāstasya narake pataṃtyagre na saṃtatiḥ | vāyuputraṃ samāhūya tato rāmo'bravīdvacaḥ
اس کے آباء و اجداد سب سے پہلے دوزخ میں گرتے ہیں اور وہ بے اولاد رہ جاتا ہے۔ پھر رام نے وایو پتر کو بلا کر یہ کلمات ارشاد فرمائے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; leads into Rāma’s speech)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral tableau: shadowy vision of ancestors falling into a hellish abyss; foreground Rāma turns with resolve and summons Hanumān (Vāyuputra), signaling protective action.
FAQs
Violating sacred grants and dharmic institutions brings multi-generational harm—affecting both ancestors and descendants.
Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra is the implied sacred domain whose protection is central to the narrative.
No ritual is prescribed here; the verse states karmic consequences and introduces Rāma’s instruction to Hanumān.