Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
अयने चोत्तरे पूज्य गोलक्ष फलमाप्नुयात् । यः श्राद्धं कुरुते चात्र अयने चोत्तरे द्विजः । भूयात्तस्य फलं कृत्स्नं गयाश्राद्धस्य सत्तमाः
ayane cottare pūjya golakṣa phalamāpnuyāt | yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute cātra ayane cottare dvijaḥ | bhūyāttasya phalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ gayāśrāddhasya sattamāḥ
Si la adoración se realiza en el uttarāyaṇa (solsticio del norte), se alcanza el fruto de donar cien mil vacas. Y el dvija que aquí celebra el śrāddha en el uttarāyaṇa obtiene por completo el mérito del célebre Gayā-śrāddha, oh el mejor de los virtuosos.
Agastya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Uttarāyaṇa śrāddha/dāna-kāla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A respected interlocutor/audience addressed as ‘best of the good’
Scene: At Prabhāsa during Uttarāyaṇa: priests and a dvija perform śrāddha—piṇḍas, darbha, water libations—near a shrine; cows and gifts are symbolically present, indicating go-dāna-scale merit; the sun’s northward course is suggested by bright, auspicious light.
FAQs
Right season and right place elevate both worship and ancestral rites, showing dharma’s power through tīrtha and kāla.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Hāṭakeśvara/Agastya-āśrama context), whose śrāddha is equated with Gayā’s.
Perform pūjā and śrāddha here during uttarāyaṇa/uttara-ayana for exceptionally amplified merit.