Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
ततः स्नात्वाह्वयामास श्राद्धार्थं श्रद्धयान्वितः । विश्वेदेवान्पितॄंश्चैव काले कुतपसंज्ञिते
tataḥ snātvāhvayāmāsa śrāddhārthaṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ | viśvedevānpitṝṃścaiva kāle kutapasaṃjñite
پھر اس نے غسل کیا اور عقیدت سے بھر کر، شرادھ کی ادائیگی کے لیے ‘کُتپ’ کہلانے والے وقت میں وشویدیوا اور پِتروں کو آہوان کیا۔
Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator in Tīrtha-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Gayā (Kutapa-kāla śrāddha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After bathing at the tīrtha, the performer sits on darbha, facing south, hands in añjali, invoking Viśvedevas and Pitṛs precisely at Kutapa-kāla; ritual vessels with tilā and water are arranged.
FAQs
Ritual purity (snāna) and inner faith (śraddhā) together make śrāddha fruitful and dharmic.
Gayā’s tīrtha-setting is implied, with emphasis on performing śrāddha there at the proper ritual time.
Bathe first, then formally invoke Viśvedevas and Pitṛs for śrāddha during Kutapa-kāla.