Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
एकादशी द्वादशिसंप्रविष्टा कृता नभस्ये श्रवणेन युक्ता । विशेषतः सोमसुतेन संगमे करोति मुक्तिं प्रपितामहानाम्
ekādaśī dvādaśisaṃpraviṣṭā kṛtā nabhasye śravaṇena yuktā | viśeṣataḥ somasutena saṃgame karoti muktiṃ prapitāmahānām
ഏകാദശി വ്രതം ദ്വാദശിയിലേക്കു പ്രവേശിച്ച്, നഭസ്യ (ഭാദ്രപദ) മാസത്തിൽ ശ്രവണ നക്ഷത്രയോഗത്തോടെ ആചരിക്കുമ്പോൾ, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സോമസുത-സംഗമത്തിൽ അത് പ്രപിതാമഹന്മാർ വരെയുള്ള പിതൃകൾക്ക് മോക്ഷം നൽകുന്നു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Somāsuta-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred confluence at dawn in Bhādrapada, offering water with kuśa and sesame while Viṣṇu is worshipped; the sky marked by Śravaṇa nakṣatra symbolism; ancestral figures receiving light and release.
FAQs
Properly timed Ekādaśī observance—especially when it continues into Dvādaśī and is aligned with auspicious calendrical factors—can generate merit powerful enough to uplift and liberate one’s ancestors.
A saṅgama (sacred confluence) in the Dvārakā Māhātmya landscape, specifically noted as connected with “Somāsuta,” is praised as exceptionally potent for ancestral liberation.
Observing Ekādaśī in a way that extends into Dvādaśī, particularly in Bhādrapada (Nabhas) when Śravaṇa nakṣatra is present, with special emphasis on performing it at a sacred confluence (saṅgama).