Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
तद्वदग्रे च माहात्म्यं तामसेषु शिवस्य हि । संकीर्णे च सरस्वत्याः पितॄणां च निगद्यते
tadvadagre ca māhātmyaṃ tāmaseṣu śivasya hi | saṃkīrṇe ca sarasvatyāḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca nigadyate
એ જ રીતે તામસ કલ્પોમાં શિવનું મહાત્મ્ય અગ્રસ્થાને છે; અને સંકીર્ણ કલ્પમાં સરસ્વતી તથા પિતૃઓનું મહાત્મ્ય કહેવામાં આવે છે।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fourfold tableau: Śiva’s austere radiance, Sarasvatī with vīṇā and manuscripts, and Pitṛs receiving tarpaṇa at a tīrtha; sages explain the saṃkīrṇa kalpa.
FAQs
It explains that Purāṇic focus can vary—some emphasize Śiva, others ancestral rites or Sarasvatī—according to the guṇa-framework.
No single tīrtha is named; this is thematic classification within Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s broader instructional narrative.
Only indirectly by mentioning Pitṛs (ancestral focus), but no specific śrāddha or rite is detailed in this verse.