Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
निर्विण्णाः प्रेतरूपेण तस्मात्त्वं द्विजसत्तम । गतिर्भव महाभाग सर्वेषां नः प्रयत्नतः
nirviṇṇāḥ pretarūpeṇa tasmāttvaṃ dvijasattama | gatirbhava mahābhāga sarveṣāṃ naḥ prayatnataḥ
ہم اس پریت روپ سے تھک چکے ہیں؛ اس لیے اے بہترین دِوِج، اے صاحبِ نصیب—اپنی سعیِ کامل سے ہمارے سب کے لیے نجات کا وسیلہ بن جائیے۔
Pretas (collective)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Gautama
Scene: Weary pretas, visibly distressed, plead before Gautama, addressing him as dvija-sattama and asking him to become their deliverer through deliberate effort.
FAQs
Compassionate intervention by the righteous—especially through dharmic effort—can become a ‘gati’ (saving path) for suffering beings.
The appeal occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where the sacred region is the setting for liberation.
The verse implies seeking a brāhmaṇa’s help; the explicit rite (śrāddha) is stated in subsequent verses.
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