Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
विधिवद्दास्यति श्राद्धं स्नात्वा संतर्प्य देवताः । युष्मत्प्रसादतस्तस्य ह्यन्वयेऽपि कदाचन । मा भूयात्प्रेतभावो हि अपि पापान्वितस्य भोः
vidhivaddāsyati śrāddhaṃ snātvā saṃtarpya devatāḥ | yuṣmatprasādatastasya hyanvaye'pi kadācana | mā bhūyātpretabhāvo hi api pāpānvitasya bhoḥ
“…وہ اشنان کرکے اور دیوتاؤں کو شاستری طریقے سے ترپت کرکے قاعدے کے مطابق شرادھ ادا کرے گا۔ تمہارے پرساد سے اس کے لیے—اور اس کی نسل کے لیے بھی—کبھی پریت ہونے کی حالت نہ آئے، چاہے وہ گناہ آلود ہی کیوں نہ ہو، اے بزرگ!”
Gautama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A complete śrāddha scene: after bathing, the performer offers water and piṇḍas, while deities are symbolically ‘satisfied’ through offerings; a protective aura extends over a family tree motif, while preta-shadows dissolve.
FAQs
Ritual performed with proper method and devotion at a tīrtha yields multi-generational welfare, removing fear of preta-state and its suffering.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s sacred spot that becomes associated with Pretatīrtha and ancestral deliverance.
Snāna at the tīrtha, devatā-tarpaṇa (satisfying deities), and vidhivat-śrāddha (rule-based śrāddha).