Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72
यथा न भवति श्राद्धं तस्मिन्नहनि भूतले । यत्प्रभावाद्वयं सर्वे मानुषैः श्राद्धमाश्रितैः । न यामोऽभिभवस्थानं तस्माच्छप्स्यामहे च तान्
yathā na bhavati śrāddhaṃ tasminnahani bhūtale | yatprabhāvādvayaṃ sarve mānuṣaiḥ śrāddhamāśritaiḥ | na yāmo'bhibhavasthānaṃ tasmācchapsyāmahe ca tān
«Afin qu’en ce jour, sur la terre, nul Śrāddha ne soit accompli—car, par la puissance des hommes qui se réfugient dans le Śrāddha, aucun de nous n’atteint l’état d’être dominé—c’est pourquoi nous les maudirons.»
Deva-groups (collective resolve of Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Nāsatyas as per preceding verse)
Tirtha: Gajacchāyā (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A council-like scene where divine beings, feeling checked by the power of human śrāddha, resolve to prevent the rite on a particular day and pronounce a curse; the atmosphere is juridical and ominous.
FAQs
Ritual timing matters in Purāṇic dharma, and cosmic beings are depicted as reacting to the potency of human rites.
The rule is narrated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context of the Gajacchāyā-māhātmya.
A prohibition is being engineered: ‘no Śrāddha on that day,’ enforced through a divine curse.