Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
गर्भे वार्धुषिके प्रेते भृत्ये मासानुमासिके । आब्दिके च तथा श्राद्धे नाधिमासो विधीयते
garbhe vārdhuṣike prete bhṛtye māsānumāsike | ābdike ca tathā śrāddhe nādhimāso vidhīyate
गर्भपाते, वार्धुषिके, प्रेते, भृत्यस्य, मासानुमासिके तथा आब्दिकश्राद्धे च—एतेषु कालेऽधिमासो न विधीयते।
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A solemn śrāddha setting: priest enumerates categories of death-related rites, pointing to an intercalary-month marker on a calendar; mourners listen with composed grief, offerings arranged but held back until the proper month.
FAQs
Pitṛ-karmas must be performed with strict calendrical propriety; devotion is strengthened by disciplined adherence to dharma.
The broader teaching occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, framing dharma as part of the sacred order associated with Prabhāsa.
Do not schedule certain death-related and periodic śrāddhas in adhimāsa (intercalary month).