Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तत्र श्राद्धं तु यः कुर्याच्छयने बोधने हरेः । आकल्पं पितरस्तस्य तृप्तिं यांति नराधिप
tatra śrāddhaṃ tu yaḥ kuryācchayane bodhane hareḥ | ākalpaṃ pitarastasya tṛptiṃ yāṃti narādhipa
हे नराधिप! जो वहाँ हरि के शयन और बोधन के समय श्रद्धापूर्वक श्राद्ध करता है, उसके पितर कल्पान्त तक तृप्ति को प्राप्त होते हैं।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Cakra Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Narādhipa / nṛpa (king)
Scene: A pilgrim-king offers piṇḍa and tilodaka at a sacred water-edge; Viṣṇu’s śayana/bodhana is suggested by a symbolic Śeṣa couch and awakening conch; pitṛs appear as luminous ancestors receiving offerings.
FAQs
Timing sacred rites with Viṣṇu’s holy observances and performing them at a tīrtha brings enduring benefit to one’s ancestors.
Cakra-tīrtha, where śrāddha is especially efficacious.
Perform śrāddha at Cakra-tīrtha specifically during Hari’s śayana (reclining) and bodhana (awakening) observance times.