Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
ज्यैष्ठ्यां ज्येष्ठर्क्षयुक्तायां श्राद्धं च त्रितकूपके । कुर्युर्युगानि ते त्रीणि वसंति नाकसद्मनि
jyaiṣṭhyāṃ jyeṣṭharkṣayuktāyāṃ śrāddhaṃ ca tritakūpake | kuryuryugāni te trīṇi vasaṃti nākasadmani
ज्येष्ठ मासात, ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्रयुक्त काळी, त्रितकूपक येथे जो श्राद्ध करतो, तो तीन युगें स्वर्गधामात वास करतो।
Sūta (deduced, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Tritakūpaka
Type: kund
Scene: A stone well with three prominent spouts/steps (suggesting ‘trita’), priests and householder offering piṇḍa and tilodaka, with a night-sky band showing the Jyeṣṭhā constellation above; celestial palace imagery faintly in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma links precise sacred timing (nakṣatra + month) with amplified results of śrāddha at a tīrtha.
Tritakūpaka is praised as the site where śrāddha yields immense heavenly reward.
Performing śrāddha at Tritakūpaka during Jyaiṣṭha when Jyeṣṭhā nakṣatra is present.