Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
शुक्लपक्षस्य पूर्वाह्णे श्राद्धं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः । कृष्णपक्षेऽपराह्ने तु रौहिणं न विलंघयेत्
śuklapakṣasya pūrvāhṇe śrāddhaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ | kṛṣṇapakṣe'parāhne tu rauhiṇaṃ na vilaṃghayet
বিচক্ষণ ব্যক্তি শুক্লপক্ষে পূর্বাহ্নে শ্রাদ্ধ করবে; আর কৃষ্ণপক্ষে অপরাহ্নে—রোহিণী-সংক্রান্ত বিধি লঙ্ঘন করবে না।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pitṛ-śrāddha context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A householder at Prabhāsa consults a pañcāṅga while a priest indicates the sun’s position: forenoon light for śukla-pakṣa śrāddha, afternoon shadows for kṛṣṇa-pakṣa; Rohiṇī star motif appears above as a cautionary marker.
FAQs
Right timing is part of dharma; Śrāddha gains appropriateness and steadiness when aligned with prescribed temporal order.
The instruction is embedded in Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, implying that tīrtha-rites should be done with correct kāla-niyama.
Perform Śrāddha in the forenoon in Śukla-pakṣa, and in the afternoon in Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa, observing the Rohiṇī-related restriction.