Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
ततः स्नात्वाह्वयामास श्राद्धार्थं श्रद्धयान्वितः । विश्वेदेवान्पितॄंश्चैव काले कुतपसंज्ञिते
tataḥ snātvāhvayāmāsa śrāddhārthaṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ | viśvedevānpitṝṃścaiva kāle kutapasaṃjñite
പിന്നീട് സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ, ശ്രാദ്ധാർത്ഥമായി ‘കുതപ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്ന സമയത്ത് വിശ്വേദേവന്മാരെയും പിതൃകളെയും ആഹ്വാനിച്ചു.
Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator in Tīrtha-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Gayā (Kutapa-kāla śrāddha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After bathing at the tīrtha, the performer sits on darbha, facing south, hands in añjali, invoking Viśvedevas and Pitṛs precisely at Kutapa-kāla; ritual vessels with tilā and water are arranged.
FAQs
Ritual purity (snāna) and inner faith (śraddhā) together make śrāddha fruitful and dharmic.
Gayā’s tīrtha-setting is implied, with emphasis on performing śrāddha there at the proper ritual time.
Bathe first, then formally invoke Viśvedevas and Pitṛs for śrāddha during Kutapa-kāla.