Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100
प्राप्य चाश्वयुजे मासि कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् । अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा पूजयित्वा महेश्वरम् । महापातकयुक्तोऽपि मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
prāpya cāśvayuje māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm | ahorātroṣito bhūtvā pūjayitvā maheśvaram | mahāpātakayukto'pi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
إذا بلغ المرءُ في شهر آشوَيُوجا اليومَ الرابعَ عشرَ القمريّ (تشاتوردشي) من النصف المظلم، وأقام هناك نهارًا وليلةً كاملين، ثم عبدَ ماهايشڤارا، فإنّ حتى المثقلَ بالخطايا العظمى يُعتَق؛ لا ريب في ذلك.
Unspecified (phalaśruti/instruction within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Mokṣa-oriented Revā-tīrtha (as implied by surrounding section)
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A pilgrim on the Narmadā bank during dark-fortnight caturdaśī: dusk-to-dawn lamps, bilva leaves, a Śiva-liṅga shrine, the devotee staying through the night in vowful vigil; river flowing beside the tīrtha steps.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace, invoked through timed observance and steadfast worship at a sacred setting, overrides even heavy karmic burden.
The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha environment of the Revā Khaṇḍa, where an ahorātra stay and worship are praised.
Āśvayuja kṛṣṇapakṣa caturdaśī observance: remain for a full day and night and worship Maheśvara.