Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
ग्रहणे तव संप्राप्ते स्नानदानादिकाः क्रियाः । करिष्यंति जना लोके सम्यक्छ्रेयःसमन्विताः
grahaṇe tava saṃprāpte snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ | kariṣyaṃti janā loke samyakchreyaḥsamanvitāḥ
যেতিয়া তোমাৰ গ্ৰহণ উপস্থিত হ’ব, তেতিয়া জগতৰ লোকসকলে স্নান, দান আদি ক্ৰিয়া কৰিব, যিবোৰ সত্য শ্ৰেয়সে সমন্বিত হ’ব।
Śiva
Tirtha: Grahaṇa-kāla snāna at Arbuda/Prabhāsa and other tīrthas (generalized)
Type: ghat
Listener: Niśānātha (Candra) and by extension the audience
Scene: During an eclipse, crowds gather at a sacred waterbody: people bathe, offer dāna to brāhmaṇas and the poor, lamps and mantras fill the air; the sky shows the darkened sun/moon.
FAQs
Cosmic events like eclipses are to be met with dharmic action—purification and generosity—turning fear into śreyas (spiritual good).
Within the Candrodbheda-tīrtha māhātmya, the eclipse-time rites are associated with the tīrtha’s sanctity.
Snāna (ritual bathing) and dāna (charity), along with related observances, during the time of the eclipse.