Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
प्रेतरूपस्य दुःखार्तस्तत्तीर्थं सत्वरं गतः । चकार च ततः श्राद्धं श्रावणे पंच मीदिने
pretarūpasya duḥkhārtastattīrthaṃ satvaraṃ gataḥ | cakāra ca tataḥ śrāddhaṃ śrāvaṇe paṃca mīdine
باپ کے پریت-روپ کے دکھ سے بے قرار ہو کر وہ جلدی سے اس تیرتھ پر گیا۔ پھر شراون کے مہینے کی پانچویں تاریخ کو اس نے شرادھ ادا کیا۔
Narrator
Tirtha: Unnamed tīrtha (contextually tied to Cāmatkārapura kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A son, strained with grief, hastens along a rain-fresh path toward a river/pond ghāṭa; monsoon clouds hang low; he carries offerings for śrāddha, intent on Śrāvaṇa pañcamī observance.
FAQs
Compassion for ancestors and urgency in dhārmic duty are praised; sacred time (tithi) and sacred place (tīrtha) intensify ritual merit.
It refers to ‘that tīrtha’ previously identified as the Cāmatkārapura tīrtha.
Perform śrāddha at the designated tīrtha specifically on Śrāvaṇa month’s pañcamī tithi.