Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
अन्यया च विभक्त्या चेत्पितॄनावाहयेत्क्वचित् । नागच्छंति महाभागा यद्यपि स्युर्बुभुक्षिताः
anyayā ca vibhaktyā cetpitṝnāvāhayetkvacit | nāgacchaṃti mahābhāgā yadyapi syurbubhukṣitāḥ
لیکن اگر کسی اور وِبھکتی کے ساتھ کہیں پِتروں کو پکارا جائے تو وہ بزرگ ہستیاں نہیں آتیں، اگرچہ وہ نذر و نیاز کے لیے بھوکی ہی کیوں نہ ہوں۔
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārthiva (king) implied from surrounding address
Scene: A śrāddha performer recites wrongly; the pitṛs, though depicted as yearning/hungry, remain at a distance; offerings sit untouched on the altar, conveying the pathos of a failed invocation.
FAQs
Sincerity must be paired with correctness; even good intent is taught to require right method to bear fruit.
No single tirtha is named in the verse; it continues a tirtha-contextual śrāddha instruction.
Do not use an incorrect grammatical case in invocation; otherwise the Pitṛs are said not to arrive.