Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
शृणु यस्माद्विभोऽन्यत्र गता त्यक्त्वा तवान्तिकम् । दृष्टस्तत्र पिता मेऽद्य तथा चैव पितामहः
śṛṇu yasmādvibho'nyatra gatā tyaktvā tavāntikam | dṛṣṭastatra pitā me'dya tathā caiva pitāmahaḥ
سنو، اے قادرِ مطلق! میں تمہارا قرب چھوڑ کر دوسری جگہ گیا، کیونکہ وہاں آج میں نے اپنے والد کو اور اپنے دادا کو بھی دیکھا۔
Sītā (Jānakī/Vaidehī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A royal figure addressed as ‘vibho’ (mighty one)
Scene: A devotee speaks to a mighty king/hero, confessing he left the companion’s side because he beheld his father and grandfather in a sacred precinct—figures appearing subtly, half-luminous, near ritual ground.
FAQs
Śrāddha is portrayed as a living bond with one’s lineage, where remembrance of ancestors becomes spiritually vivid and consequential.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya ancestral themes and śrāddha potency are emphasized.
Implicitly reinforces śrāddha’s ancestral orientation; no new procedural step is stated in this verse.