Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
प्रभाते कुरुते श्राद्धं यस्तु श्रद्धासमन्वितः । पितृन्संतारयेत्सर्वान्पूर्वजैः सह धर्मवित्
prabhāte kurute śrāddhaṃ yastu śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | pitṛnsaṃtārayetsarvānpūrvajaiḥ saha dharmavit
Và người nào đầy đủ lòng tin mà cử hành lễ śrāddha tại nơi ấy lúc rạng đông—là bậc hiểu biết dharma—sẽ cứu độ hết thảy các Pitṛ, cùng với các bậc tổ tiên đời trước.
Pulastya (deduced)
Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahārāja / rājendra
Scene: At first light, a devotee sits facing east near the water, performing tarpaṇa with cupped hands; brāhmaṇas seated on kuśa grass receive offerings; subtle presence of pitṛs in the background as luminous ancestral silhouettes.
FAQs
Faithful performance of śrāddha at a holy place is portrayed as a direct service to one’s lineage and a dharmic act with transcendent effect.
The tīrtha praised is within the Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha māhātmya section of Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).
Prabhāta-śrāddha—performing śrāddha at dawn with śraddhā (faith).