Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65
चैत्रमासे सिते पक्षे एकादश्यां नराधिप । तस्मिन्नहनि नाश्नीयुर्बाला वृद्धास्तथा स्त्रियः
caitramāse site pakṣe ekādaśyāṃ narādhipa | tasminnahani nāśnīyurbālā vṛddhāstathā striyaḥ
أيها الملك، في شهر تشيترا، في النصف المضيء، في اليوم القمري الحادي عشر (إكاداشي)، في ذلك اليوم لا يأكل حتى الأطفال ولا الشيوخ ولا النساء.
Narrator addressing a King (listener implied by 'narādhipa')
Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: kshetra
Listener: narādhipa (king)
Scene: A spring Ekādaśī at Śūlabheda: families and ascetics gathered, all observing upavāsa; people hold prayer beads, offer lamps and flowers, and sit in attentive devotion under canopies near the river.
FAQs
Shared vrata-discipline (fasting and restraint) is portrayed as a powerful expression of dharma within a tīrtha setting.
The observance is described in the Śūlabheda-tīrtha context of the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Fasting on Caitra bright-fortnight Ekādaśī—so strict that even women, children, and the elderly are said to refrain from eating.