Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
अद्यप्रभृति यः श्राद्धं त्रयोदश्यां करिष्यति । कन्यासंस्थे सहस्रांशौ तस्य स्याद्वंशसंक्षयः
adyaprabhṛti yaḥ śrāddhaṃ trayodaśyāṃ kariṣyati | kanyāsaṃsthe sahasrāṃśau tasya syādvaṃśasaṃkṣayaḥ
இன்றுமுதல் கன்னி ராசியில் இருக்கும் ஸஹஸ்ராஂசு (சூரியன்) காலத்தில் திரயோதசியில் ஸ்ராத்தம் செய்பவனுக்கு வம்சநாசம் உண்டாகும்।
Deva-groups (issuing the curse/ban)
Tirtha: Gajacchāyā (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A proclamation of prohibition: a deity or divine herald declares that śrāddha on trayodaśī during Sun-in-Virgo leads to lineage destruction; the sky shows the Sun entering the Virgo sign, while a household priest pauses mid-rite.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma links ritual efficacy (and harm) to precise calendrical and astrological timing.
The injunction is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative (Gajacchāyā-māhātmya).
A strict prohibition (with stated consequence) against performing Śrāddha on a specific trayodaśī tied to the Sun’s position in Kanyā.