Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
त्रेताकृतकलीनां तु द्वापरस्यादयः क्रमात् । स्नाने दाने जपे होमे विशेषात्पितृतर्पणे
tretākṛtakalīnāṃ tu dvāparasyādayaḥ kramāt | snāne dāne jape home viśeṣātpitṛtarpaṇe
திரேதா, க்ருத, கலி—மேலும் வரிசையாக த்வாபர—இயுகங்களின் தொடக்க நாட்கள் இவையே; நீராடல், தானம், ஜபம், ஹோமம், குறிப்பாக பித்ருதர்ப்பணத்தில் இவை மிகுந்த பலன் தரும்।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Yugādi (yuga-beginning kāla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: rājendra (a king)
Scene: A composite ritual tableau on a yugādi day: devotees bathing at a tīrtha, one giving alms, another chanting japa with mālā, a small homa fire burning, and a central figure performing pitṛ-tarpaṇa—Pitṛs visibly satisfied.
FAQs
Cosmic time and personal dharma interlock; yuga-thresholds intensify the efficacy of purification and ancestral offerings.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse teaches a time-based mahātmya applicable across pilgrimage waters and sacred places.
Snāna, dāna, japa, homa, and especially Pitṛ-tarpaṇa performed on yugādi beginnings.
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