Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 127
हव्यं देवा न गृह्णंति कव्यं चैव पितामहाः । यत्र देवा न गृह्णंति कथं तत्र पितामहाः । तस्मात्कार्य्या तृतीया च पूर्वविद्धा बुधैर्नरैः
havyaṃ devā na gṛhṇaṃti kavyaṃ caiva pitāmahāḥ | yatra devā na gṛhṇaṃti kathaṃ tatra pitāmahāḥ | tasmātkāryyā tṛtīyā ca pūrvaviddhā budhairnaraiḥ
দেৱতাসকলে হব্য গ্ৰহণ নকৰে, আৰু পিতৃসকলে কব্যো গ্ৰহণ নকৰে। য’ত দেৱতাই গ্ৰহণ নকৰে, ত’ত পিতৃসকলে কেনেকৈ গ্ৰহণ কৰিব? সেয়ে বুদ্ধিমান লোকে তৃতীয়াক ‘পূৰ্ব-বিদ্ধা’ বিধিতেই পালন কৰিব লাগে।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual scene split symbolically: devas above and pitṛs below, both turning away from offerings when the tithi is wrongly chosen; the officiant corrects the timing, after which both accept.
FAQs
Ritual efficacy depends on correct dharmic timing; acceptance by devas/pitṛs is linked to proper tithi performance.
The instruction is embedded in Dvārakā Māhātmya, reinforcing Hari-centered dharma in Dvārakā.
A specific tithi rule: perform tṛtīyā as pūrva-viddhā (as stated in this textual tradition).