Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
ततो मध्यं गते सूर्ये काले कुतपसंज्ञिते । स्नातः शुक्लांबरधरः सन्तर्प्य पितृदेवताः । सन्तुष्टांश्च समाहूतांस्तान्विप्राञ्छ्राद्धमाचरेत्
tato madhyaṃ gate sūrye kāle kutapasaṃjñite | snātaḥ śuklāṃbaradharaḥ santarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | santuṣṭāṃśca samāhūtāṃstānviprāñchrāddhamācaret
Dann, wenn die Sonne den Mittag erreicht hat—zur Zeit, die Kutapa genannt wird—soll er, nach dem Bad und in weißen Gewändern, die Pitṛ-Gottheiten durch Darbringungen sättigen; und wenn die eingeladenen Brāhmaṇas zufrieden versammelt sind, soll er das Śrāddha vollziehen.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: ghat
Scene: High noon: the yajamāna freshly bathed, in white garments, performs tarpaṇa with water and sesame; brāhmaṇas sit ready for śrāddha meal; sun overhead marking Kutapa time.
FAQs
Timing, purity, and reverent hospitality together make ancestral worship effective—outer cleanliness supports inner devotion.
This is a procedural instruction inside a tīrthamāhātmya; the particular tīrtha is not named in this verse.
Perform śrāddha at Kutapa (midday): bathe, wear white, offer satisfaction to Pitṛ-deities, and then complete the rite with pleased invited Brāhmaṇas.