Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
वैशाखस्य तृतीयायां नवम्यां कार्त्तिकस्य च । पंचदश्यां तु माघस्य नभस्ये च त्रयोदशी
vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ navamyāṃ kārttikasya ca | paṃcadaśyāṃ tu māghasya nabhasye ca trayodaśī
বৈশাখৰ তৃতীয়া তিথিত, কাৰ্ত্তিকৰ নবমীত; মাঘৰ পঞ্চদশীত, আৰু নভস্যৰ ত্ৰয়োদশীত—এইসমূহো পবিত্ৰ দান আৰু পিতৃকৰ্মৰ বাবে নিৰ্দিষ্ট উপলক্ষ।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A four-season ritual montage: Vaiśākha śukla tṛtīyā, Kārttika navamī, Māgha pūrṇimā, and Nabhasya trayodaśī—each shown with pilgrims bathing, offering lamps, feeding brāhmaṇas, and performing tarpaṇa at Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Certain month-and-tithi combinations are treated as high-merit windows for dāna and pitṛ-oriented rites.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the setting in which these calendrical merits are being taught.
Perform rites on specified tithis: Vaiśākha śukla tṛtīyā, Kārttika navamī, Māgha paṃcadaśī, and Nabhasya trayodaśī.