Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
त्रेताकृतकलीनां तु द्वापरस्यादयः क्रमात् । स्नाने दाने जपे होमे विशेषात्पितृतर्पणे
tretākṛtakalīnāṃ tu dvāparasyādayaḥ kramāt | snāne dāne jape home viśeṣātpitṛtarpaṇe
ത്രേതാ, കൃത, കലി—അതുപോലെ ക്രമത്തിൽ ദ്വാപര—ഈ യുഗങ്ങളുടെ ആദിതിഥികൾ ഇവയാണ്; സ്നാനം, ദാനം, ജപം, ഹോമം, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് പിതൃതർപ്പണത്തിൽ ഇവ മഹാഫലപ്രദമാണ്।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Yugādi (yuga-beginning kāla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: rājendra (a king)
Scene: A composite ritual tableau on a yugādi day: devotees bathing at a tīrtha, one giving alms, another chanting japa with mālā, a small homa fire burning, and a central figure performing pitṛ-tarpaṇa—Pitṛs visibly satisfied.
FAQs
Cosmic time and personal dharma interlock; yuga-thresholds intensify the efficacy of purification and ancestral offerings.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse teaches a time-based mahātmya applicable across pilgrimage waters and sacred places.
Snāna, dāna, japa, homa, and especially Pitṛ-tarpaṇa performed on yugādi beginnings.