Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
कन्यासंस्थे रवौ तत्र यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः । अष्टवंशोद्भवैर्विप्रैः स पितॄंस्तारयेन्निजान्
kanyāsaṃsthe ravau tatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ | aṣṭavaṃśodbhavairvipraiḥ sa pitṝṃstārayennijān
عندما يكون الشمس في برج العذراء (كانيا)، فإنّ من يقيم هناك طقس الشرادها مع براهمةٍ منحدرين من ثماني سلالات، يُنقذ أسلافه ويُعبر بهم إلى الخير والرفعة.
Unspecified in snippet (within Śakra–Viṣṇu dialogue; likely Viṣṇu speaking)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Kūpikā-madhya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims perform śrāddha at the tīrtha during the Sun’s Kanyā transit; eight-lineage brāhmaṇas sit in rows receiving piṇḍa and offerings; ancestors symbolically uplifted.
FAQs
Śrāddha done with proper timing and proper officiants is portrayed as a powerful act of gratitude that uplifts one’s lineage.
The same Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha-context described in this Adhyāya.
Performing śrāddha when the Sun is in Kanyā (Virgo), and offering it through qualified brāhmaṇas of ‘eight lineages’ (a traditional purity/authority marker).