Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
श्राद्धं प्रशस्तं विप्रेंद्राः संप्राप्ते चंद्रसंक्षये । सूर्यग्रहे विशेषेण कुरुक्षेत्रफलं स्मृतम् । श्राद्धे स्नाने तथा दाने पितॄणां तर्पणे तथा
śrāddhaṃ praśastaṃ vipreṃdrāḥ saṃprāpte caṃdrasaṃkṣaye | sūryagrahe viśeṣeṇa kurukṣetraphalaṃ smṛtam | śrāddhe snāne tathā dāne pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇe tathā
हे विप्रेंद्रों! चंद्रक्षय के समय श्राद्ध अत्यन्त प्रशस्त है। विशेषतः सूर्यग्रहण में यह कुरुक्षेत्र-यात्रा के फल के समान कहा गया है—चाहे श्राद्ध हो, स्नान हो, दान हो या पितरों का तर्पण।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprendra/dvijendra addressed)
Scene: Pilgrims at a coastal tirtha during eclipse-time: brāhmaṇas seated for śrāddha, offerings of water (tarpana) with kuśa, lamps and vessels, the sun partially veiled, conch-sounds near a Viṣṇu shrine.
FAQs
Sacred timing (kāla) amplifies dharmic acts—śrāddha, snāna, dāna, and tarpaṇa—multiplying their merit.
Kurukṣetra is invoked as a benchmark of merit; the chapter context remains Dvārakā/Cakratīrtha.
Perform śrāddha—along with bathing, charity, and Pitṛ-tarpaṇa—especially at lunar waning/new-moon times and particularly during a solar eclipse.