Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
दैवात्पैशाच्यमापन्नास्तेषां पितृपितामहाः । तेपि पैशाच्यमुत्सृज्य यास्यंति परमां गतिम्
daivātpaiśācyamāpannāsteṣāṃ pitṛpitāmahāḥ | tepi paiśācyamutsṛjya yāsyaṃti paramāṃ gatim
اگر تقدیر کے سبب ان کے پِتا اور دادا پردادا پِشَچ جیسی حالت میں جا پڑے ہوں، تب بھی وہ اس حالت کو چھوڑ کر اعلیٰ ترین منزل کو پہنچ جاتے ہیں۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Piśācamocana
Type: ghat
Scene: Subtle, symbolic scene: ancestors in shadowy, afflicted forms near the river are purified by the light of offerings; the pilgrim’s tarpaṇa stream becomes luminous, lifting them upward.
FAQs
A powerful tīrtha and proper rites can uplift even severely afflicted ancestral conditions toward the supreme good.
Piśācamocana Tīrtha in Kāśī, famed for removing piśāca-affliction and granting higher destiny.
Implied: bathing and ancestral rites at the tīrtha that lead to the ancestors abandoning the piśāca-state.