Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88
संतृप्ता मासमात्रं च तस्थुः संतुष्टमानसाः । गच्छता त्वथकालेन दौःस्थ्यं प्राप्य नरा भुवि । दर्शेऽस्मिन्नपि नो श्राद्धं प्रायः कुर्वंति केचन
saṃtṛptā māsamātraṃ ca tasthuḥ saṃtuṣṭamānasāḥ | gacchatā tvathakālena dauḥsthyaṃ prāpya narā bhuvi | darśe'sminnapi no śrāddhaṃ prāyaḥ kurvaṃti kecana
Gesättigt und im Herzen zufrieden verweilten sie so etwa einen Monat. Doch als die Zeit verging, gerieten die Menschen auf Erden wieder in Not; und selbst am Darśa-Tag (Neumond) vollziehen manche gewöhnlich kein Śrāddha.
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two-part contrast: Pitṛs content for a month in their realm; then on earth, people fall into hardship and some neglect Amāvāsyā śrāddha—showing the cycle of remembrance and forgetfulness.
FAQs
When śrāddha is neglected, ancestral support wanes and the social-spiritual order declines again into distress.
No particular tīrtha is specified; the verse stresses the sacred observance of darśa/Amāvāsyā.
It implicitly urges regular śrāddha on darśa/Amāvāsyā, noting that some fail to do it.