Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
पित्र्ये यदास्थितश्चेन्दुर्हंसश्चापि करे स्थितः । तिथिर्वैश्रवणी या च सा च्छाया कुञ्जरस्य च
pitrye yadāsthitaścendurhaṃsaścāpi kare sthitaḥ | tithirvaiśravaṇī yā ca sā cchāyā kuñjarasya ca
যখন চন্দ্র পিতৃ-নক্ষত্রে স্থিত থাকে এবং ‘হংস’ও ‘কর’-এ স্থির থাকে, তখন যে তিথি ‘বৈশ্রবণী’ নামে পরিচিত, সেটিও কুঞ্জরের ‘ছায়া’ বলে জ্ঞেয়।
Agniveśa (continued)
Scene: A star-wheel diagram shows the Moon in a pitṛ-associated mansion while Haṃsa is marked in Kara; the tithi label ‘Vaiśravaṇī’ is inscribed, with a faint elephant-shadow emblem beside it.
FAQs
Ancestral rites are to be performed with discernment of auspicious tithis, honoring the pitṛs through correct observance.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides calendrical/astral criteria within a tīrtha-oriented chapter.
Recognition of the Vaiśravaṇī tithi under stated astral conditions as ‘kuñjara-chāyā’ relevant for śrāddha observance.
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