Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र कृष्णचतुर्दश्यां यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः । आश्विने फाल्गुने वापि स याति परमां गतिम्
tatra kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ | āśvine phālgune vāpi sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
तेथे जो मनुष्य कृष्णपक्षातील चतुर्दशीस विधिपूर्वक श्राद्ध करतो—आश्विनात असो वा फाल्गुनात—तो परम गतीस प्राप्त होतो.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (within Arbuda-khaṇḍa narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at a sacred coastal/riverbank tīrtha in Prabhāsa performs śrāddha on kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī: darbha spread, piṇḍas offered, water libations, brāhmaṇas seated, the shrine silhouette in the background.
FAQs
Right place and right time sanctify ancestral rites; performed at a powerful tīrtha, Śrāddha becomes a direct means to the highest good.
Acaleśvara tīrtha (within Arbuda-khaṇḍa), where Śrāddha yields supreme results.
Perform Śrāddha on kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī, especially in the months Āśvina or Phālguna, at that sacred site.