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Skandapurana 5.219.2

Skandapurāṇa 5.219.2

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5.219.2

.. ānarta uvāca .. ..
trayodaśyāṃ kṛte śrāddhe kasmādvaṃśakṣayo bhavet ..
etanme sarvamācakṣva vistarāttvaṃ mahā mune..
bhartṛyajña uvāca..
eṣā medhyatamā rājanyugādiḥ kalisaṃbhavā..
snāne dāne jape home śrāddhe jñeyā tathā'kṣayā .. 2 ..

Ānarta said: / If a śrāddha is performed on the thirteenth [day], why would the destruction of the lineage occur? / Tell me all this in detail, O great sage. / Bhartṛyajña said: / This [day] is the most pure, O king, the beginning of a yuga originating in the Kali age; / in bathing, giving, recitation, oblation in fire, and śrāddha, it is known to be inexhaustible.

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