Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
श्राद्धपक्षे ह्यमायां तु गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । परिपूर्णं भवेत्सर्वं पितॄणां तृप्तिरक्षया
śrāddhapakṣe hyamāyāṃ tu gomatyudadhisaṃgame | paripūrṇaṃ bhavetsarvaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptirakṣayā
لكن في يوم الأمافاسيا من نصف شهر الشرادها، عند ملتقى غوماتي بالمحيط، يصير كلّ شيءٍ تامًّا، وتغدو قناعة الأسلاف لا تنفد.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Gomatī–Udadhि Saṅgama (Dvārakā)
Type: sangam
Scene: Amāvāsyā twilight at the confluence: lamps on the ghat, pilgrims offering tarpaṇa; the sky dark and serene; the water shimmering; ancestors symbolically receiving offerings, suggesting ‘akṣaya tṛpti’.
FAQs
When performed at the right sacred time and place, pitṛ-rites become complete and yield enduring benefit to one’s ancestors.
Gomatī–Udadhisaṅgama, the river–ocean confluence connected with Dvārakā.
Perform śrāddha on Amāvāsyā during the Śrāddha fortnight at the Gomatī–ocean confluence.