Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
कन्यासंस्थे रवौ तत्र यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः । अष्टवंशोद्भवैर्विप्रैः स पितॄंस्तारयेन्निजान्
kanyāsaṃsthe ravau tatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ | aṣṭavaṃśodbhavairvipraiḥ sa pitṝṃstārayennijān
सूर्य कन्या राशीत असताना जो मनुष्य तेथे अष्ट वंशांतून उत्पन्न ब्राह्मणांसह श्राद्ध करतो, तो आपल्या पितरांचा उद्धार करतो।
Unspecified in snippet (within Śakra–Viṣṇu dialogue; likely Viṣṇu speaking)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Kūpikā-madhya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims perform śrāddha at the tīrtha during the Sun’s Kanyā transit; eight-lineage brāhmaṇas sit in rows receiving piṇḍa and offerings; ancestors symbolically uplifted.
FAQs
Śrāddha done with proper timing and proper officiants is portrayed as a powerful act of gratitude that uplifts one’s lineage.
The same Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha-context described in this Adhyāya.
Performing śrāddha when the Sun is in Kanyā (Virgo), and offering it through qualified brāhmaṇas of ‘eight lineages’ (a traditional purity/authority marker).