[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) › 5.219.2 # Skandapurana 5.219.2 Skandapurāṇa 5.219.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.219.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.218.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.218.219) - [Next: 5.219.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.219.3) - [Up: 5.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.219) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.219.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.219.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.219.2) · Pramāṇa