Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
पुष्यमासे त्वमावस्यां दद्याच्छ्राद्धं समाहितः । न पश्यामि क्षयं तस्य तस्मिन्दत्तस्य पार्वति
puṣyamāse tvamāvasyāṃ dadyācchrāddhaṃ samāhitaḥ | na paśyāmi kṣayaṃ tasya tasmindattasya pārvati
ในวันอมาวสีแห่งเดือนปุษยะ พึงตั้งจิตแน่วแน่ถวายศราทธ์ โอ้ปารวตี เรามิได้เห็นความเสื่อมแห่งบุญของทานที่ถวาย ณ ที่นั้นเลย
Śiva
Tirtha: Devikā-taṭa (Prabhāsa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: At dawn on amāvāsyā, a devotee sits on kuśa grass by the riverbank, offering piṇḍa and water-libations; Śiva’s unseen presence is suggested by a faint liṅga silhouette and hovering light.
FAQs
Performed at the right time and sacred place, śrāddha becomes enduring merit and a profound act of dharma.
The context points to Devikā-taṭa/Umāpatīśvara within Prabhāsakṣetra as the ‘there’ where merit is imperishable.
Offer śrāddha on Puṣya month’s amāvasyā with concentration (samāhita).