Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
पित्र्ये यदास्थितश्चेन्दुर्हंसश्चापि करे स्थितः । तिथिर्वैश्रवणी या च सा च्छाया कुञ्जरस्य च
pitrye yadāsthitaścendurhaṃsaścāpi kare sthitaḥ | tithirvaiśravaṇī yā ca sā cchāyā kuñjarasya ca
Quando a Lua permanece na mansão ligada aos Pitṛ e Haṃsa também está estabelecida em Kara, esse tithi chamado Vaiśravaṇī deve igualmente ser reconhecido como o presságio da “sombra do elefante”.
Agniveśa (continued)
Scene: A star-wheel diagram shows the Moon in a pitṛ-associated mansion while Haṃsa is marked in Kara; the tithi label ‘Vaiśravaṇī’ is inscribed, with a faint elephant-shadow emblem beside it.
FAQs
Ancestral rites are to be performed with discernment of auspicious tithis, honoring the pitṛs through correct observance.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides calendrical/astral criteria within a tīrtha-oriented chapter.
Recognition of the Vaiśravaṇī tithi under stated astral conditions as ‘kuñjara-chāyā’ relevant for śrāddha observance.