Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र यः कुरुते श्राद्धममावास्यां विशेषतः । कन्यागते रवौ राजन्स लभेत्परमं पदम् । पितॄन्स तारयत्येव प्राप्तानपि सुदुर्गतिम्
tatra yaḥ kurute śrāddhamamāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | kanyāgate ravau rājansa labhetparamaṃ padam | pitṝnsa tārayatyeva prāptānapi sudurgatim
ຜູ້ໃດປະກອບພິທີ ສຣາດທະ (śrāddha) ຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ—ໂດຍພິເສດໃນວັນອະມາວາສະຍາ (ວັນເດືອນດັບ)—ເມື່ອດວງອາທິດເຂົ້າສູ່ກັນຍາ (Virgo) ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ຈະໄດ້ບັນລຸຖິ່ນພໍ່ມະຫາສູງສຸດ; ແລະຍັງຊ່ວຍກູ້ພົວພັນບັນພະບຸຣຸດ (pitṛ) ແມ່ນແທ້ ແມ່ນແມ່ນຈະຕົກຢູ່ໃນຄວາມລໍາບາກຢ່າງຫນັກກໍຕາມ.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Devakhāta
Type: kund
Listener: King
Scene: A pilgrim performs śrāddha at a sacred waterbody: darbha grass, piṇḍas, water offerings; subtle ancestral figures receiving uplift; sun iconography indicating Kanyā-saṅkrānti timing and amāvāsyā austerity.
FAQs
Rites for ancestors performed at a potent tīrtha, at an auspicious time, are said to uplift both the performer and the departed.
Devakhāta tīrtha.
Perform śrāddha at Devakhāta, especially on Amāvāsyā, particularly when the Sun is in Kanyā (Virgo).