Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । त्रीणि संचयनादर्वाक्तानि त्वं शृणु सांप्रतम् । यस्मिन्स्थाने भवेन्मृत्युस्तत्र श्राद्धं तु कारयेत्
bhartṛyajña uvāca | trīṇi saṃcayanādarvāktāni tvaṃ śṛṇu sāṃpratam | yasminsthāne bhavenmṛtyustatra śrāddhaṃ tu kārayet
ভৰ্তৃযজ্ঞ ক’লে: এতিয়া মোৰ পৰা সংচয়নৰ আগতে কৰিবলগীয়া তিনিটা শ্ৰাদ্ধ শুনা। যি ঠাইত মৃত্যু হয়, সেই ঠাইতেই শ্ৰাদ্ধ কৰাব লাগে।
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ānarta
Scene: Teacher enumerates three pre-saṃcayana śrāddhas; a map-like sense of stages: death-place, travel route, and saṃcayana spot, with ritual implements displayed.
FAQs
Ancestral rites follow a sacred sequence; performing them in the proper place and stage honors the departed and sustains dharma.
The passage is within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though the rule stated applies generally to Śrāddha practice.
Perform three Śrāddhas before saṃcayana; conduct a Śrāddha at the location where death occurred.