Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्यां यः कुरुते श्राद्धं संप्राप्ते पञ्चमीदिने । प्रेतपक्षे विशेषेण स नरः स्यात्सतां प्रियः
tasyāṃ yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ saṃprāpte pañcamīdine | pretapakṣe viśeṣeṇa sa naraḥ syātsatāṃ priyaḥ
അവിടെ പഞ്ചമി തിഥിയിൽ—വിശേഷിച്ച് പിതൃപക്ഷത്തിൽ—ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ സജ്ജനർക്കു പ്രിയനായിത്തീരും।
Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Rājavāpī
Type: kund
Scene: At the stepped pond, a householder performs śrāddha on Pañcamī: kusa grass, piṇḍas, tila-water offerings, brāhmaṇas seated, lamps and flowers near the water’s edge; atmosphere solemn and pure.
FAQs
Ancestral rites performed at a praised tīrtha, at the proper tithi, refine one’s dharma and align one with the esteem of the righteous.
The same sacred site previously introduced—Rājavāpī—where śrāddha is declared especially fruitful.
Perform śrāddha at that tīrtha specifically on Pañcamī tithi, with special emphasis during the preta/pitṛ-related fortnight.