Shloka 76
Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
दुर्गात् ते तारयिष्यन्ति नरकात् प्रपितामहान् । जो मनुष्य पितरोंमें श्रद्धा रखकर संतान उत्पन्न करेंगे, वे अपने प्रपितामहोंका दुर्गम नरकसे उद्धार कर देंगे ।। पितृणां भाषितं श्रुत्वा हृष्टरोेमा तपोधन:
durgāt te tārayiṣyanti narakāt prapitāmahān | pitṛṇām bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭaromā tapodhanaḥ ||
释迦罗（Śakra，帝释）说道：“他们将把你的曾祖父辈从险难与地狱中救度出来。凡对祖灵皮特里（Pitṛs）怀信而生育后嗣之人，必能将自己的曾祖父辈从那难以渡越的地狱中拯救出来。”听闻关于祖灵的言辞，那位苦行深厚的仙人欣喜战栗，毛发皆竖。
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Faithful continuation of lineage and reverence toward the Pitṛs is presented as a powerful dharmic act: by begetting offspring with śraddhā for the ancestors, one enables the deliverance of forefathers—even great-grandfathers—from grievous post-mortem suffering.
Indra (Śakra) explains the salvific effect of progeny and ancestral faith: descendants can ‘ferry across’ their ancestors from peril/hell. After hearing this teaching about the Pitṛs, an ascetic (tapodhana) reacts with intense joy and reverence, marked by horripilation.