Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86
ये चान्ये पूर्वजाः स्वर्गे ये चान्ये नरकौकसः । ये च तिर्यक्त्वमापन्ना ये च भूतादिसंस्थिताः
ye cānye pūrvajāḥ svarge ye cānye narakaukasaḥ | ye ca tiryaktvamāpannā ye ca bhūtādisaṃsthitāḥ
اور وہ دوسرے آباء و اجداد جو سُورگ میں ہیں، اور وہ جو نرک میں رہتے ہیں؛ اور وہ جو حیوانی یَونی میں جا پڑے ہیں، اور وہ جو بھوت وغیرہ کی حالتوں میں قائم ہیں—
Unspecified (continuation of śrāddha context)
Tirtha: Dharmakūpa (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A teacher-narrator enumerates the many destinies of ancestors—heavenly, hellish, animal, and spirit-realms—setting a solemn tone before prescribing rites at a sacred well.
FAQs
Śrāddha is envisioned as a compassionate act whose benefit can reach ancestors in many states of existence.
The surrounding passage points to Dharmakṣetra/Dharmakūpa as the ritual locus, though this verse lists realms rather than a site.
It prepares the scope of śrāddha’s recipients—ancestors in heaven, hell, animal births, and spirit-like conditions.