Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
पिता भुंक्ते द्विज करे मुखे भुंक्ते पितामहः । प्रपितामहस्तालुस्थः कण्ठे मातामहः स्मृतः
pitā bhuṃkte dvija kare mukhe bhuṃkte pitāmahaḥ | prapitāmahastālusthaḥ kaṇṭhe mātāmahaḥ smṛtaḥ
باپ برہمن کے ہاتھ سے بھوگ پاتا ہے؛ دادا اس کے منہ سے بھوگ کرتا ہے۔ پردادا کو تالو میں مقیم کہا گیا ہے، اور نانا کو گلے میں مقیم سمجھا گیا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa eats the śrāddha meal; translucent ancestral figures align with his hand, mouth, palate, and throat—father at the hand, grandfather at the mouth, great-grandfather at the palate, maternal grandfather at the throat—showing subtle participation.
FAQs
Śrāddha feeding is a sacred conduit: offerings to the brāhmaṇa are mystically received by the ancestors.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya the inner meaning of śrāddha is explained.
It describes the doctrinal mapping of how different ancestors ‘receive’ during brāhmaṇa-bhojana in śrāddha.