Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
अथासौ ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठः संप्राप्ते पञ्चमे दिने । प्रददौ विधिपूर्वं तु श्राद्धं पर्युषितस्य च
athāsau brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaḥ saṃprāpte pañcame dine | pradadau vidhipūrvaṃ tu śrāddhaṃ paryuṣitasya ca
అనంతరం ఆ బ్రాహ్మణశ్రేష్ఠుడు ఐదవ దినము వచ్చినప్పుడు విధిపూర్వకంగా పర్యుషితునికీ శ్రాద్ధకర్మ నిర్వహించెను।
Narrator (Īśvara section-frame continues in this adhyāya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: On the fifth day, Gautama (or the foremost brāhmaṇa) performs śrāddha for Paryuṣita: kusa grass, piṇḍas, water libations, and brāhmaṇas seated for bhojana near a sacred water-edge.
FAQs
Timely, rule-based śrāddha is upheld as a dharmic duty that supports the departed soul’s onward journey.
The broader setting is Prabhāsakṣetra; the specific tīrtha (Haripriya) is named later in this passage.
Śrāddha should be performed vidhipūrvam—according to the proper injunctions and procedure.