Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 294
कराभ्यां स पुमान्नूनं तारयेच्च कुलत्रयम् । अपि पापसमाचारं नरकेऽपि व्यव स्थितम्
karābhyāṃ sa pumānnūnaṃ tārayecca kulatrayam | api pāpasamācāraṃ narake'pi vyava sthitam
وہ مرد اپنے ہی ہاتھوں سے یقیناً اپنے خاندان کی تین پشتوں کو پار لگا دیتا ہے—اگرچہ اس کا چلن گناہ آلود ہو، اگرچہ وہ دوزخ میں ہی کیوں نہ پڑا ہو۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; exact referent of 'with hands' depends on the missing surrounding verses)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at a luminous ford performs a hand-offering (añjali/dāna) as ancestral figures rise from a shadowy netherworld toward light, indicating kula-traya deliverance.
FAQs
Righteous, embodied action (done ‘with one’s own hands’) can uplift not only oneself but also one’s lineage, overriding even grave karmic conditions.
The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact tīrtha is not explicit in this single line without surrounding context.
An implied hands-on rite (often dāna, piṇḍa, or tīrtha-service in such contexts) credited with delivering three generations; the specific act is not named in the provided excerpt.