Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अवगाहनेन चान्यत्र फलं किंस्वित्प्रजायते । श्राद्धस्य किं विधानं तु के मंत्रास्तत्र के द्विजाः
avagāhanena cānyatra phalaṃ kiṃsvitprajāyate | śrāddhasya kiṃ vidhānaṃ tu ke maṃtrāstatra ke dvijāḥ
اور دوسرے مقام پر اشنان کرنے سے کون سا پھل پیدا ہوتا ہے؟ وہاں شرادھ کا درست طریقہ کیا ہے—کون سے منتر پڑھے جائیں، اور کن دِوِج (دو بار جنمے) کو بلایا جائے؟
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Mukhadvāra context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara (Īśvara)
Scene: The questioner expands: ‘What fruit from bathing elsewhere? What is the śrāddha procedure here—what mantras, which brāhmaṇas?’ A didactic scene with ritual implements: darbha grass, water vessel, sesame, and a manuscript of mantras.
FAQs
Dharma is both inner devotion and correct practice—rites like śrāddha require proper mantra, place, and qualified officiants.
The question is framed within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s sacred setting, with attention to ritual efficacy ‘there’ at the tīrtha.
Śrāddha is explicitly raised: its procedure (vidhi), mantras, and the selection of qualified dvijas.