Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
श्रावणे मासि संप्राप्ते तस्मिन्कूपे विधानतः । यः स्नानं कुरुते देवि श्राद्धं तत्र विशेषतः
śrāvaṇe māsi saṃprāpte tasminkūpe vidhānataḥ | yaḥ snānaṃ kurute devi śrāddhaṃ tatra viśeṣataḥ
اے دیوی! جب شراون کا مہینہ آتا ہے تو جو کوئی مقررہ ودھی کے مطابق اس کنویں میں اسنان کرے اور خصوصاً وہیں شرادھ ادا کرے، وہ غیر معمولی دھارمک پُنّیہ پاتا ہے۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kūpa (as referenced)
Type: kund
Listener: Devī
Scene: A stone-lined sacred well at Prabhāsa; during Śrāvaṇa, pilgrims descend steps to bathe, while a family performs śrāddha nearby with darbha, piṇḍa offerings, and tarpaṇa into water.
FAQs
Ritual acts done in a sanctified place and sacred time (Śrāvaṇa) become especially potent for dharma and ancestral uplift.
A sacred kūpa (well) within Prabhāsakṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
Snāna (bathing) in the well according to rule, and particularly performing śrāddha there.