Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
एवमुक्त्वा च ते सर्वे पितरस्तु सुदुःखिताः । याताश्च नरकं भूयः प्रबुद्धः सोऽपि पार्थिवः
evamuktvā ca te sarve pitarastu suduḥkhitāḥ | yātāśca narakaṃ bhūyaḥ prabuddhaḥ so'pi pārthivaḥ
یوں کہہ کر وہ سب پِتر نہایت غمگین ہو کر پھر نرک کو چلے گئے؛ اور وہ بادشاہ بھی جاگ اٹھا۔
Narrator (purāṇic narration within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The pitṛs fade back into a dark infernal passage, their faces sorrowful; the king jolts awake on a royal bedchamber floor lit by early dawn, sweat and remorse visible.
FAQs
A dream-vision can serve as moral awakening: the king is jolted into responsibility after witnessing ancestral distress.
Not specified in this verse; it is a narrative transition within Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
None directly; the verse sets up the king’s resolve to undertake auspicious rites in response.