Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 85
मासिमासि च यच्छ्राद्धं षोडशश्राद्धपूर्वकम् । अत्र न क्रियते यस्य प्रेतत्वात्स न मुच्यते
māsimāsi ca yacchrāddhaṃ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhapūrvakam | atra na kriyate yasya pretatvātsa na mucyate
ષોડશ-શ્રાદ્ધથી આરંભ થતું માસિક શ્રાદ્ધ અહીં જેનાં માટે ન કરવામાં આવે, તે પ્રેતત્વમાંથી મુક્ત થતો નથી.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual calendar motif showing monthly śrāddhas and the sixteen śrāddhas; a preta bound by subtle chains that loosen as rites are performed, but remain tight when rites are omitted.
FAQs
Śrāddha is presented as essential compassion and duty: without it, the departed remains bound in the preta-condition.
No particular site is named; the emphasis is on rite-performance rather than pilgrimage geography.
Perform the ṣoḍaśa-śrāddha (sixteen śrāddhas) and continue monthly śrāddha.