Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78
आश्विनस्य च मासस्य नवरात्रे विशेषतः । उपोष्य चैकभक्तैर्वा देवीस्त्वेताः प्रपूजयेत्
āśvinasya ca māsasya navarātre viśeṣataḥ | upoṣya caikabhaktairvā devīstvetāḥ prapūjayet
وخاصةً في ليالي النَّفاراترا من شهر آشوِنا، ينبغي أن تُعبَد هذه الإلهات بتفانٍ أخصّ—إمّا بالصوم (أوبافاسا) أو بالتزام إيكابهاكتا، أي وجبة واحدة في اليوم.
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Navatīrtha (Devī-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Navarātra nights in a tīrtha-town: devotees with fasting discipline, lamps in rows, Devī icons adorned, offerings arranged; a sense of heightened sacred time.
FAQs
Seasonal sacred time (kāla) intensifies merit: disciplined worship in Navarātra yields heightened auspicious results.
The same nava-tīrtha region where these Devīs are established; the verse focuses on the time for worship rather than naming a new site.
Navarātra pūjā in Āśvina with either upavāsa (fasting) or eka-bhakta (one meal a day) observance.