Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
कन्यासंस्थे रवौ तत्र यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः । अष्टवंशोद्भवैर्विप्रैः स पितॄंस्तारयेन्निजान्
kanyāsaṃsthe ravau tatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ | aṣṭavaṃśodbhavairvipraiḥ sa pitṝṃstārayennijān
នៅពេលព្រះអាទិត្យស្ថិតក្នុងរាសីកន្យា នៅទីនោះ បុរសណាដែលធ្វើពិធីស្រាទ្ធៈ ដោយមានព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍ដែលស្ថិតក្នុងវង្សកំណើតប្រាំបីជំនាន់ជាសាក្សី នោះគាត់នឹងជួយសង្គ្រោះបិតរបស់ខ្លួនឲ្យឆ្លងផុតទៅកាន់សុខុមាលភាព។
Unspecified in snippet (within Śakra–Viṣṇu dialogue; likely Viṣṇu speaking)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Kūpikā-madhya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims perform śrāddha at the tīrtha during the Sun’s Kanyā transit; eight-lineage brāhmaṇas sit in rows receiving piṇḍa and offerings; ancestors symbolically uplifted.
FAQs
Śrāddha done with proper timing and proper officiants is portrayed as a powerful act of gratitude that uplifts one’s lineage.
The same Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha-context described in this Adhyāya.
Performing śrāddha when the Sun is in Kanyā (Virgo), and offering it through qualified brāhmaṇas of ‘eight lineages’ (a traditional purity/authority marker).