Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
पंचरात्रं च ते पूजा मर्त्यलोके भविष्य ति । अनन्यां तृप्तिमभ्येषि यथा चैव तु वत्सरम्
paṃcarātraṃ ca te pūjā martyaloke bhaviṣya ti | ananyāṃ tṛptimabhyeṣi yathā caiva tu vatsaram
আৰু মর্ত্যলোকে তোমাৰ উদ্দেশ্যে পঞ্চৰাত্ৰ পূজা অনুষ্ঠিত হ’ব। তাৰ দ্বাৰা তুমি একান্ত, অতুল তৃপ্তি লাভ কৰিবা—যেন সম্পূৰ্ণ এক বছৰ।
Gautama (implied by dialogue flow; explicit from shloka 63 onward)
Tirtha: Pañcarātra Mahotsava (Indra-pūjā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sage proclaims an ordinance: in the mortal world a five-night worship for Indra will be celebrated, granting him unmatched satisfaction equivalent to a year’s fulfillment.
FAQs
Sincere, time-bound worship performed with devotion can yield expansive spiritual fruit, magnifying merit beyond its apparent duration.
The verse praises the Pañcarātra worship/mahotsava within a tīrtha-context in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the exact site is given in the broader Adhyāya’s narrative.
A Pañcarātra—five-night worship/observance—conducted in the human realm as a public devotional act.
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