Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
दैवे च पितृ श्राद्धे चाप्याशौचं जायते यदा । आशौचान्तेऽथवा तत्र तेभ्यः श्राद्धं प्रदीयते
daive ca pitṛ śrāddhe cāpyāśaucaṃ jāyate yadā | āśaucānte'thavā tatra tebhyaḥ śrāddhaṃ pradīyate
ദൈവകർമ്മത്തിലോ പിതൃശ്രാദ്ധത്തിലോ ആശൗചം ഉണ്ടായാൽ, ആശൗചം അവസാനിച്ച ശേഷം—അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അവിടെത്തന്നെ വിധിപ്രകാരം—ആ പിതൃകൾക്കായി ശ്രാദ്ധം അർപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic Māhātmya style within Prabhāsakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual moment interrupted: messenger brings news of impurity; the officiant gestures to pause; later, the same altar scene resumes after purification, indicating continuity of dharma.
FAQs
Maintain dharmic continuity in Pitṛ-rites: if impurity intervenes, complete the śrāddha properly at the appropriate time rather than abandoning it.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a sacred setting where śrāddha and ancestral rites gain heightened merit.
If āśauca arises during daiva or pitṛ-śrāddha, the śrāddha should be offered after āśauca ends (or as directed within the rite’s context).