Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73
अद्य मे संततिर्नष्टा निराशाः पितरो मम । नापुत्रस्य हि लोकोस्ति लुप्तपिंडादिसंस्कृतेः
adya me saṃtatirnaṣṭā nirāśāḥ pitaro mama | nāputrasya hi lokosti luptapiṃḍādisaṃskṛteḥ
Hôm nay dòng dõi ta đã tiêu vong; các bậc tổ tiên (pitṛ) của ta đành tuyệt vọng. Người không có con trai thì chẳng có chốn nương tựa nơi đời sau, vì các nghi lễ như dâng piṇḍa v.v. bị đoạn tuyệt.
Sārasvata
Listener: King (Pārthiva)
Scene: The sage collapses into grief, hands raised toward the sky, evoking unseen ancestors; the court scene becomes a tableau of broken ritual continuity.
FAQs
It reflects the Purāṇic emphasis on pitṛ-dharma: sustaining ancestral rites is seen as a sacred duty tied to family continuity.
No site is named; the verse focuses on śrāddha/piṇḍa continuity rather than a particular tīrtha.
Piṇḍa-offerings (and related ancestral rites) are referenced as essential duties whose interruption is lamented.