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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

शुक्रांगारकसंयुक्ता चतुर्थी या भवेत्क्वचित् । षष्ठी वात्र वरारोहे तत्र श्राद्धे महत्फलम्

śukrāṃgārakasaṃyuktā caturthī yā bhavetkvacit | ṣaṣṭhī vātra varārohe tatra śrāddhe mahatphalam

Wahai yang jelita, bila Caturthī kebetulan bertepatan dengan Jumat dan Selasa, atau bila di sini jatuh pada Ṣaṣṭhī, maka śrāddha pada saat itu berbuah amat besar.

śukra-aṃgāraka-saṃyuktācombined with (the influence of) Venus and Mars
śukra-aṃgāraka-saṃyuktā:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśukra (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃgāraka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त, √yuj (धातु) + सम् उपसर्ग, क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शुक्राङ्गारकाभ्यां संयुक्ता)
caturthīthe fourth (lunar day)
caturthī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcaturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक/संख्यावाचक संज्ञा
which
:
Anvayi (Relative pronoun/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम
bhavetmay occur / may be
bhavet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
kvacitat some time; somewhere; occasionally
kvacit:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkvacit (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—काल/देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)
ṣaṣṭhīthe sixth (lunar day)
ṣaṣṭhī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक संज्ञा
or
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)
atrahere
atra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)
varāroheO fair-hipped lady
varārohe:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvarārohā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (वरः आरोहः यस्याः)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)
śrāddhein the śrāddha rite
śrāddhe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मकाण्डवाचक संज्ञा
mahatgreat
mahat:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (फलम् इति विशेष्य)
phalamfruit; result
phalam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Unclear from snippet; narrator addressing a woman (varārohe) while describing calendrical combinations and śrāddha फल within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Listener: A woman addressed as ‘varārohe’ (fair one)

Scene: A calendar-marked ritual day: priests indicate the auspicious conjunction; a woman addressed as ‘varārohe’ listens while preparations for śrāddha proceed at the tīrtha bank.

C
Caturthī
Ṣaṣṭhī
Ś
Śukravāra (Friday)
M
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)
Ś
Śrāddha

FAQs

Right timing (tithi and weekday yoga) strengthens the efficacy of ancestral rites.

The timing rules are presented within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra framework, closely tied to Puṣkara-tīrtha in this chapter.

Perform śrāddha on special calendrical occasions—Caturthī joined with Friday and Tuesday, or on Ṣaṣṭhī—said to yield great merit.