Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 126
प्रेतपक्षे व्यतिक्रांते यावत्कन्यां गतो रविः । तावच्छ्राद्धं च वांछंति दत्तं स्वैः पितरः सुतैः
pretapakṣe vyatikrāṃte yāvatkanyāṃ gato raviḥ | tāvacchrāddhaṃ ca vāṃchaṃti dattaṃ svaiḥ pitaraḥ sutaiḥ
Auch wenn die Pitṛ-pakṣa vorüber ist, bis die Sonne in Kanyā (Jungfrau) eintritt, begehren die Pitṛs weiterhin das Śrāddha, das ihre eigenen Söhne darbringen.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Listener: king (nṛpa/pārthiva implied by surrounding address)
Scene: At a threshold of a traditional home, subtle ancestral figures hover expectantly while a son prepares piṇḍa and tilodaka; the sky shows the solar transit toward Kanyā (Virgo) as a zodiacal motif.
FAQs
Even if the main season is missed, dharma provides an extended window; ancestral care should not be abandoned due to delay.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse defines a calendrical limit tied to the Sun’s transit into Kanyā.
Śrāddha may still be offered after Pitṛ-pakṣa, up to the Sun’s entry into Kanyā (Virgo).
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