Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तत्र ज्येष्ठे त्वमावास्यां प्राप्यते नाधमैर्न्नरैः । पिंडदानं विशेषेण स्नानं श्रद्धासमन्वितैः
tatra jyeṣṭhe tvamāvāsyāṃ prāpyate nādhamairnnaraiḥ | piṃḍadānaṃ viśeṣeṇa snānaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaiḥ
তাত জ্যেষ্ঠ মাহৰ অমাৱস্যাত অধমচিত্ত নৰসকলে পূৰ্ণ ফল নাপায়। কিন্তু শ্ৰদ্ধাযুক্ত লোকসকলে—বিশেষকৈ পিণ্ডদান আৰু পবিত্ৰ স্নানৰ দ্বাৰা—ফল লাভ কৰে।
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from surrounding adhyāyas in this section)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Jyeṣṭha-amāvāsyā observance)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: New-moon twilight at a sacred confluence; pilgrims with wet garments after snāna offer piṇḍas on darbha grass, lamps flicker, and the mood is solemn and faith-filled.
FAQs
True tīrtha-fruit arises from śraddhā (faith and sincerity), not merely from outward travel or ritual.
The verse pertains to the Prabhāsa Kṣetra context, specifically the Ṛṣitīrtha-saṅgama setting described in this adhyāya.
Piṇḍadāna (ancestral oblations) and sacred snāna (bathing), performed with śraddhā, especially on Jyeṣṭha Amāvāsyā.