Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
श्राद्धं चात्र करिष्यंति पंचम्यां ये समाहिताः । मासे नभसि तीर्थस्य फलं तेषां भविष्यति
śrāddhaṃ cātra kariṣyaṃti paṃcamyāṃ ye samāhitāḥ | māse nabhasi tīrthasya phalaṃ teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati
ನಭಸ ಮಾಸದ ಪಂಚಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕಾಗ್ರಚಿತ್ತದಿಂದ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ ಮಾಡುವವರಿಗೆ ಈ ತೀರ್ಥದ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಫಲ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ।
Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)
Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: A quiet pañcamī morning: a householder sits near the water’s edge on darbha grass, performing tarpaṇa with cupped hands, with piṇḍa offerings arranged; priests recite mantras; the scene is solemn and focused.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes both place and time: śrāddha done with concentration at the right tithi and month yields heightened tīrtha merit.
The same Arbuda-region tīrtha being described in Adhyāya 3; it is praised as especially fruitful for śrāddha observance.
Perform śrāddha at this tīrtha on pañcamī during the month called Nabhas, with a composed mind (samāhita).