[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.36.47 # Skandapurana 16.36.47 Skandapurāṇa 16.36.47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.47) kṛṣṇapakṣe caturddaśyāṃ snānaṃ ca vihitaṃ sadā .. piṇyākaiṃgudakenāpi piṃḍaṃ tatra dadāti yaḥ .. pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛptiḥ pitṛlokaṃ sa gacchati .. 47 .. > Ritual ablution is always prescribed on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight. / Whoever gives a funeral ball there, even with oil-cake and inguda seeds, / brings imperishable satisfaction to the ancestors, and he goes to the world of the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.36.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.46) - [Next: 16.36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.48) - [Up: 16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.36.47) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.45.47) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.47) · Pramāṇa