श्रावणस्याष्टमी कृष्णा तथाऽषाढी व पूर्णिमा । तथा कार्तिकमासस्य या चान्या फाल्गुनस्य च
śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathā'ṣāḍhī va pūrṇimā | tathā kārtikamāsasya yā cānyā phālgunasya ca
श्रावणस्य कृष्णाष्टमी, आषाढस्य पूर्णिमा, तथा कार्तिकमासस्य (पूर्णिमा), एवं फाल्गुनस्यापि या (पूर्णिमा)—एताः पितृकर्मसु प्रशंसिताः।
Skanda (deduced)
Type: ghat
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Full-moon night over a tīrtha: devotees offer tarpaṇa at the water’s edge; the moon reflects on the surface while priests chant; a separate vignette shows kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī austerity.
Certain lunar moments—especially pūrṇimā and select tithis—are portrayed as naturally supportive for Pitṛ satisfaction and dharmic merit.
The verse is part of a tīrtha-centered discourse but here emphasizes month-and-tithi sanctity rather than a single named tīrtha.
Observing Pitṛ rites on Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa aṣṭamī and on specific full-moon days (Āṣāḍha, Kārtika, Phālguna).
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