Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89
यस्य तस्य न मोक्षोऽस्ति प्रेतत्वाद्वै युगैरपि । ततः सपिण्डीकरणे बांधवैः सुकृते नरः
yasya tasya na mokṣo'sti pretatvādvai yugairapi | tataḥ sapiṇḍīkaraṇe bāṃdhavaiḥ sukṛte naraḥ
جب تک وہ پریت کی حالت میں رہتا ہے، اس کے لیے یُگوں تک بھی موکش نہیں۔ پھر جب رشتہ دار پُنّ کے ساتھ سپِنڈی کرن (sapiṇḍīkaraṇa) کا کرم انجام دیتے ہیں تو مرحوم کو مناسب فائدہ پہنچتا ہے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: Kinsmen perform sapiṇḍīkaraṇa: three ancestral piṇḍas and the preta-piṇḍa are ritually united; the departed’s form becomes calmer, moving from restless preta to honored pitṛ.
FAQs
The preta-state is a binding condition, and proper ancestral rites performed by kin are portrayed as crucial supports for the departed.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on śrāddha-dharma and post-death rites.
Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa—an ancestral rite integrating the departed into the lineage of pitṛs—is explicitly referenced.