Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
अद्यप्रभृति यः श्राद्धं त्रयोदश्यां करिष्यति । कन्यासंस्थे सहस्रांशौ तस्य स्याद्वंशसंक्षयः
adyaprabhṛti yaḥ śrāddhaṃ trayodaśyāṃ kariṣyati | kanyāsaṃsthe sahasrāṃśau tasya syādvaṃśasaṃkṣayaḥ
“Mulai hari ini, siapa pun yang melakukan Śrāddha pada trayodaśī ketika Sang Surya yang bersinar seribu berada di Kanyā (Virgo), baginya akan terjadi kemusnahan garis keturunan.”
Deva-groups (issuing the curse/ban)
Tirtha: Gajacchāyā (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A proclamation of prohibition: a deity or divine herald declares that śrāddha on trayodaśī during Sun-in-Virgo leads to lineage destruction; the sky shows the Sun entering the Virgo sign, while a household priest pauses mid-rite.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma links ritual efficacy (and harm) to precise calendrical and astrological timing.
The injunction is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative (Gajacchāyā-māhātmya).
A strict prohibition (with stated consequence) against performing Śrāddha on a specific trayodaśī tied to the Sun’s position in Kanyā.