Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
इष्टश्राद्धे क्रतुर्दक्षो वृद्धौ सत्यवसू स्मृतौ । नैमित्तिके कालकामौ काम्ये चाध्वविरोचनौ
iṣṭaśrāddhe kraturdakṣo vṛddhau satyavasū smṛtau | naimittike kālakāmau kāmye cādhvavirocanau
इष्टश्राद्धे क्रतुर्दक्षश्च स्मृतौ; वृद्धिश्राद्धे सत्यवसुः स्मृतः। नैमित्तिके कालकामौ, काम्ये चाध्वविरोचनौ आवाह्यौ।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned priest instructs a pilgrim with a palm-leaf manual: four panels show four śrāddha types, each with a symbolic pair/single presiding figure-name inscribed—Kratu/Dakṣa, Satyavasu, Kāla/Kāma, Adhva/Virocana—over offerings of piṇḍa and water.
FAQs
Ritual acts become focused and fruitful when performed according to the appropriate classification and prescribed invocations.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where śrāddha and allied rites are taught with detailed authority.
Different śrāddha-types have distinct presiding invocations: Kratu–Dakṣa (iṣṭa), Satyavasu (vṛddhi), Kāla–Kāma (naimittika), and Adhva–Virocana (kāmya).