Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां मासि भाद्रपदे नरः । करिष्यति च यः श्राद्धं भक्त्या शस्त्रहतस्य च
kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ māsi bhādrapade naraḥ | kariṣyati ca yaḥ śrāddhaṃ bhaktyā śastrahatasya ca
“Pada hari keempat belas (caturdaśī) paruh gelap (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) di bulan Bhādrapada, siapa pun yang melakukan śrāddha dengan bhakti—bahkan bagi yang gugur oleh senjata—”
Pitṛs (ancestors) (continuing promise of results)
Tirtha: Rāmahrada
Type: kund
Listener: Rāma (and future pilgrims)
Scene: On a dark-fortnight fourteenth, a devotee performs śrāddha by the hrada with piṇḍa offerings and water-libations, dedicating merit to a weapon-slain departed; the sky suggests waning moon and solemn compassion.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes compassionate ritual support for the departed, including those who died violently, through properly timed śrāddha.
The prescription is given within the Rāmahrada tīrtha-māhātmya context.
Perform śrāddha on Bhādrapada kṛṣṇapakṣa caturdaśī, with devotion, even for a śastra-hata (weapon-slain) departed.