Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
श्रावणे मासि संप्राप्ते तस्मिन्कूपे विधानतः । यः स्नानं कुरुते देवि श्राद्धं तत्र विशेषतः
śrāvaṇe māsi saṃprāpte tasminkūpe vidhānataḥ | yaḥ snānaṃ kurute devi śrāddhaṃ tatra viśeṣataḥ
Ó Deusa, quando chega o mês de Śrāvaṇa, quem se banha nesse poço segundo o rito prescrito—e, sobretudo, ali realiza o śrāddha—alcança mérito espiritual excepcional.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kūpa (as referenced)
Type: kund
Listener: Devī
Scene: A stone-lined sacred well at Prabhāsa; during Śrāvaṇa, pilgrims descend steps to bathe, while a family performs śrāddha nearby with darbha, piṇḍa offerings, and tarpaṇa into water.
FAQs
Ritual acts done in a sanctified place and sacred time (Śrāvaṇa) become especially potent for dharma and ancestral uplift.
A sacred kūpa (well) within Prabhāsakṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
Snāna (bathing) in the well according to rule, and particularly performing śrāddha there.