Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
प्रभाते कुरुते श्राद्धं यस्तु श्रद्धासमन्वितः । पितृन्संतारयेत्सर्वान्पूर्वजैः सह धर्मवित्
prabhāte kurute śrāddhaṃ yastu śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | pitṛnsaṃtārayetsarvānpūrvajaiḥ saha dharmavit
ومن كان ذا إيمانٍ فأقام هناك شعيرة الشرادها (śrāddha) عند الفجر—وهو العارف بالدارما—فإنه يخلّص جميع الـPitṛs مع الأسلاف الأقدمين.
Pulastya (deduced)
Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahārāja / rājendra
Scene: At first light, a devotee sits facing east near the water, performing tarpaṇa with cupped hands; brāhmaṇas seated on kuśa grass receive offerings; subtle presence of pitṛs in the background as luminous ancestral silhouettes.
FAQs
Faithful performance of śrāddha at a holy place is portrayed as a direct service to one’s lineage and a dharmic act with transcendent effect.
The tīrtha praised is within the Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha māhātmya section of Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).
Prabhāta-śrāddha—performing śrāddha at dawn with śraddhā (faith).