Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
अमावास्या तपस्यस्य पौषस्यैकादशी तथा । तथाऽषाढस्य दशमी माघमासस्य सप्तमी
amāvāsyā tapasyasya pauṣasyaikādaśī tathā | tathā'ṣāḍhasya daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī
ថ្ងៃអមាវាស្យា (ថ្ងៃចន្ទ្រាអវសាន) នៃខែ តបស្ស្យ (ផាល់គុន), ថ្ងៃទី១១ នៃខែ បៅស, ថ្ងៃទី១០ នៃខែ អាសាឍ, និងថ្ងៃទី៧ នៃខែ មាឃ—ទាំងនេះផងដែរ ត្រូវបានសរសើរសម្រាប់ពិធីបូជាបុព្វបុរស។
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Night of amāvāsyā: a dimly lit courtyard with oil lamps; a devotee performs tarpaṇa with darbha and sesame while the moonless sky emphasizes solemnity.
FAQs
Sacred time (tithi and month) is a vehicle of merit when used for Pitṛ-sevā through śrāddha and tarpaṇa.
The passage belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya setting but, in this verse, the glorification centers on calendrical sanctity rather than a named geography.
Performing Pitṛ-related rites particularly on Amāvāsyā and other specified tithis across the ritual year.