ततःप्रभृति चक्रुस्ते श्राद्धानि द्विजसत्तमाः । त्रयोदश्यां नभस्यस्य कृष्णायां भक्तितत्पराः
tataḥprabhṛti cakruste śrāddhāni dvijasattamāḥ | trayodaśyāṃ nabhasyasya kṛṣṇāyāṃ bhaktitatparāḥ
ນັບແຕ່ນັ້ນເປັນຕົ້ນໄປ ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ດີເລີດເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ໄດ້ເລີ່ມປະກອບພິທີ ສຣາດທະ (Śrāddha) ດ້ວຍຄວາມເລື່ອມໃສ ໃນວັນທີ 13 (ຕຣະໂຍດະສີ) ຂອງຂ້າງແຮມ ໃນເດືອນນະພັດສະຍະ (ພາດຣະປະດາ)។
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Bhartṛyajña continuing the account before 221.1 explicitly names him)
Listener: Pārthiva (the king)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas perform śrāddha on a dark-fortnight trayodaśī: ritual ground with kuśa grass, piṇḍa offerings, water vessels; solemn devotion under a late-monsoon sky (Bhādrapada).
Devotional discipline (bhakti) expressed through timely Śrāddha observance is portrayed as a powerful dharmic practice.
The passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, within the Gajacchāyā-māhātmya context of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
Performing Śrāddha on trayodaśī during the dark fortnight of Bhādrapada (Nabhasya).
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