Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67
विष्णुरुवाच । अनेनैव तु मंत्रेण ममाग्रे सुरसत्तम । क्षीणे चंद्रे चतुर्द्दश्यां नभस्ये पिंडमाहरेत्
viṣṇuruvāca | anenaiva tu maṃtreṇa mamāgre surasattama | kṣīṇe caṃdre caturddaśyāṃ nabhasye piṃḍamāharet
विष्णुरुवाच—अनेनैव तु मन्त्रेण ममाग्रे सुरसत्तम, क्षीणे चन्द्रे चतुर्दश्यां नभस्ये पिण्डमाहरेत्।
Viṣṇu
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘surasattama’ (best among gods)
Scene: A Viṣṇu shrine with the deity present; a devotee offers piṇḍa before the sanctum on a waning-moon caturdaśī, with priests holding lamps; the moon is thin in the sky, indicating kṛṣṇa-pakṣa.
FAQs
Ritual efficacy is strengthened by mantra, right lunar timing, and devotion offered in the presence of the Lord.
The broader Dharmāraṇya/Lohayiṣṭakā setting frames the instruction, though this verse emphasizes offering before Viṣṇu.
Offer the piṇḍa with the given mantra on waning-moon caturdaśī in Nabhasya (month-name).