Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
कः कालो विहितः श्राद्धे कानि द्रव्याणि मे वद । श्राद्धार्हाणि तथान्यानि मेध्यानि द्वि जसत्तम । यानि योज्यानि वांछद्भिः पितृणां तृप्तिमुत्तमाम्
kaḥ kālo vihitaḥ śrāddhe kāni dravyāṇi me vada | śrāddhārhāṇi tathānyāni medhyāni dvi jasattama | yāni yojyāni vāṃchadbhiḥ pitṛṇāṃ tṛptimuttamām
श्राद्धासाठी कोणता काळ विहित आहे? आणि कोणती द्रव्ये? श्राद्धार्ह तसेच इतर मेध्य (शुद्ध) पदार्थही, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ—ज्यांनी पितरांची परम तृप्ती होते, ती मला सांग।
Ānarta (king of Ānarta)
Scene: The king asks for precise rules: which times are ordained for śrāddha and which substances are fit and pure, seeking the highest satisfaction of the Pitṛs.
FAQs
Dharma is practical: correct timing, purity, and appropriate offerings are integral to ancestral satisfaction.
No tīrtha is named; the focus is on śrāddha procedure.
Inquiry into the prescribed time (kāla) and the proper/pure substances (dravya, medhya) to be used in śrāddha.