Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र यः कुरुते श्राद्धममावास्यां विशेषतः । कन्यागते रवौ राजन्स लभेत्परमं पदम् । पितॄन्स तारयत्येव प्राप्तानपि सुदुर्गतिम्
tatra yaḥ kurute śrāddhamamāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | kanyāgate ravau rājansa labhetparamaṃ padam | pitṝnsa tārayatyeva prāptānapi sudurgatim
يا أيها الملك، من أقام هناك شعيرة الشرادها (śrāddha)، ولا سيّما في يوم أمَاوَاسْيَا (المحاق)، حين يدخل الشمسُ برجَ كَنْيَا (العذراء)، نال المقامَ الأعلى؛ وهو حقًّا يُنقِذُ أسلافَه (الپِتْرِ) ولو كانوا قد سقطوا في حالٍ شديد العُسْر.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Devakhāta
Type: kund
Listener: King
Scene: A pilgrim performs śrāddha at a sacred waterbody: darbha grass, piṇḍas, water offerings; subtle ancestral figures receiving uplift; sun iconography indicating Kanyā-saṅkrānti timing and amāvāsyā austerity.
FAQs
Rites for ancestors performed at a potent tīrtha, at an auspicious time, are said to uplift both the performer and the departed.
Devakhāta tīrtha.
Perform śrāddha at Devakhāta, especially on Amāvāsyā, particularly when the Sun is in Kanyā (Virgo).