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
Puis, lorsque le soleil est parvenu au milieu du jour—au moment appelé Kutapa—après s’être baigné et avoir revêtu des vêtements blancs, qu’il rassasie les divinités Pitṛ par des offrandes; et, les brāhmanes invités étant satisfaits et rassemblés, qu’il accomplisse le Śrāddha.
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.