अमावास्या तपस्यस्य पौषस्यैकादशी तथा । तथाऽषाढस्य दशमी माघमासस्य सप्तमी
amāvāsyā tapasyasya pauṣasyaikādaśī tathā | tathā'ṣāḍhasya daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī
يومُ «أمَاوَاسْيَا» (المحاق) في شهر «تاباسْيَا» (فالْغونا)، واليومُ الحادي عشر من «پَوشا»، واليومُ العاشر من «آشَادْها»، واليومُ السابع من شهر «ماغها»—وهذه أيضًا ممدوحةٌ لطقوس الأسلاف.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Night of amāvāsyā: a dimly lit courtyard with oil lamps; a devotee performs tarpaṇa with darbha and sesame while the moonless sky emphasizes solemnity.
Sacred time (tithi and month) is a vehicle of merit when used for Pitṛ-sevā through śrāddha and tarpaṇa.
The passage belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya setting but, in this verse, the glorification centers on calendrical sanctity rather than a named geography.
Performing Pitṛ-related rites particularly on Amāvāsyā and other specified tithis across the ritual year.