Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
अश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी द्वादशी कार्तिकस्य च । तृतीयापि च माघस्य तथा भाद्रपदस्य च
aśvayukchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārtikasya ca | tṛtīyāpi ca māghasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca
ആശ്വയുജത്തിലെ ശുക്ല നവമി, കാർത്തികത്തിലെ ദ്വാദശി, മാഘത്തിലെ തൃതീയ, കൂടാതെ ഭാദ്രപദത്തിലെ (യോഗ്യ) തിഥി—ഇവ പിതൃകർമ്മങ്ങൾക്ക് ശുഭകാലങ്ങളായി പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced from Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A ritual calendar scene: a priest points to lunar tithis on a palm-leaf almanac while a householder prepares sesame and water for pitṛ-rites; moon phases appear in a band above.
FAQs
Dharma is strengthened by honoring the Pitṛs on specially praised lunar days, aligning ritual with sacred time.
The verse functions as a tīrtha-māhātmya style calendar within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the immediate snippet emphasizes sacred timing more than naming a single site.
Selection of specific tithis (lunar days) as especially fit for Pitṛ-related rites such as tarpaṇa/śrāddha.