Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51
मातुश्चैव वरारोहे वत्सरान्ते मृतेऽहनि । नाहं तस्य महादेवि पूजां गृह्णामि नो हरिः
mātuścaiva varārohe vatsarānte mṛte'hani | nāhaṃ tasya mahādevi pūjāṃ gṛhṇāmi no hariḥ
Ô toi aux hanches gracieuses, de même au jour de la mort de la mère, lorsque l’année s’achève—ô Grande Déesse—je n’accepte pas le culte de cet homme, et Hari ne l’accepte pas non plus.
Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī) (deduced from vocatives ‘mahādevi’ and ‘hariḥ’ contrasted with ‘aham’)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī (addressed as varārohe, mahādevī)
Scene: Śiva addresses Devī with a grave expression, declaring non-acceptance of worship from one who neglects parental śrāddha; behind them, a symbolic split scene shows a devotee offering flowers that remain unreceived, while pitṛs wait unsatisfied.
FAQs
Devotion is not separated from duty: neglect of the mother’s annual śrāddha undermines one’s worship, which even Śiva and Viṣṇu are said not to accept.
The statement occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, reinforcing that worship and Pitṛ rites performed in the Prabhāsa tradition must be dharmically complete.
An annual (vatsarānta) observance of śrāddha on the mother’s death-day is implied as obligatory.