Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
एतद्गुणत्रयं प्रोक्तं प्रेतयोनौ नृपोत्तम । दोषानपि च ते वच्मि ताञ्च्छृणुष्व समाहितः
etadguṇatrayaṃ proktaṃ pretayonau nṛpottama | doṣānapi ca te vacmi tāñcchṛṇuṣva samāhitaḥ
اے بہترین بادشاہ! پریت یَونی کے بارے میں یہ تین اوصاف بیان کیے گئے ہیں۔ اب میں اس کے عیوب بھی بتاتا ہوں—دل جمع کر کے سنو۔
Māṃsāda
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A sage addressing a king in a forest-edge setting, beginning a grave exposition on the preta-condition; the atmosphere is didactic and somber, with subtle hints of unseen beings listening.
FAQs
True understanding weighs both merits and defects; spiritual discernment requires steady attention (samādhāna/samāhita-citta).
Not specified in this verse; it is part of a tīrtha-themed chapter but functions as doctrinal transition.
No ritual is prescribed; the instruction is to listen attentively to dharmic teaching.