Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
कन्यागते रवौ तत्र यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः । गयाशीर्षसमं तस्य पुण्यमाहुर्महर्षयः
kanyāgate ravau tatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ | gayāśīrṣasamaṃ tasya puṇyamāhurmaharṣayaḥ
Wenn die Sonne in Kanyā (Jungfrau) eintritt, wer dort das Śrāddha vollzieht, dessen Verdienst, so verkünden die großen Rishis, ist dem von Gayāśīrṣa gleich.
Narrator (reporting the sages’ declaration)
Tirtha: Jambū Tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Jambū Tīrtha during Kanyā-saṅkrānti, a devotee performs śrāddha: offering piṇḍas and water to pitṛs; the Sun’s transition is symbolized; sages affirm Gayāśīrṣa-equivalent merit.
FAQs
Right place and right time elevate ancestral rites; dharma toward the pitṛs is magnified by tīrtha and auspicious solar transit.
Jambū Tīrtha is praised as giving merit comparable to Gayāśīrṣa for śrāddha at the specified time.
Perform śrāddha at that tīrtha when the Sun is in Kanyā (Virgo); the fruit is said to equal Gayāśīrṣa.