Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
निषेककाले सोमे च सीमन्तोन्नयने तथा । तथा पुंसवने चैव श्राद्धं कर्मांगमेव च
niṣekakāle some ca sīmantonnayane tathā | tathā puṃsavane caiva śrāddhaṃ karmāṃgameva ca
நிஷேகச் சடங்கு நேரத்தில், சோமம் தொடர்பான கிரியையில், சீமந்தோன்னயனத்தில், மேலும் புஂசவனச் சடங்கிலும்—சிராத்தம் அந்தந்த ஸம்ஸ்காரங்களின் ‘கர்மாங்கம்’ ஆகவே செய்யப்பட வேண்டும்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence of prenatal saṃskāras: sīmantonnayana with the pregnant woman seated, family elders present; alongside, a small śrāddha-aṅga setup with darbha, water, and offerings to pitṛs, showing continuity between ancestors and new life.
FAQs
Household sacraments are strengthened by remembrance of ancestors; śrāddha functions as a supporting limb of key life-cycle rites.
The instruction is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, implying Prabhāsa as a fitting sacred setting for dharmic saṃskāras and Pitṛ rites.
Śrāddha is prescribed as a karmāṅga (auxiliary rite) during niṣeka, soma-occasion, sīmantonnayana, and puṃsavana.