Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
द्रव्याभावे द्विजाभावे प्रवासे पुत्रजन्मनि । आमश्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत यस्य भार्या रजस्वला
dravyābhāve dvijābhāve pravāse putrajanmani | āmaśrāddhaṃ prakurvīta yasya bhāryā rajasvalā
Dalam ketiadaan sarana, ketiadaan brāhmaṇa, ketika berada di perantauan, atau pada kelahiran seorang putra—bila istri sedang haid, hendaknya dilakukan ‘āma-śrāddha’, śrāddha yang disederhanakan sesuai keterbatasan.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A traveler at Prabhāsa performs a modest śrāddha: small water-pot, darbha, tilā, a simple food offering; no elaborate vessels; a distant sign of travel (bundle/staff). A newborn cradle motif indicates ‘son’s birth’ context; the wife rests apart, indicating rajas/constraint without explicit depiction.
FAQs
When ideal ritual conditions are impossible, dharma provides permissible simplified forms so devotion to ancestors is not abandoned.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting; the verse focuses on śrāddha contingencies rather than a single named tīrtha.
Perform āma-śrāddha under constraints such as lack of resources/brāhmaṇa, travel, or childbirth, especially when the wife is menstruating.