Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
विश्वामित्र मुनिश्रेष्ठ सदा मे गगने स्थितिः । मुक्त्वैकां कार्तिकीं चैव कृत्तिकायोगसंयुताम्
viśvāmitra muniśreṣṭha sadā me gagane sthitiḥ | muktvaikāṃ kārtikīṃ caiva kṛttikāyogasaṃyutām
‘হে বিশ্বামিত্ৰ, মুনিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! মোৰ নিবাস সদায় আকাশলোকে; কেৱল সেই এক কাৰ্ত্তিকী তিথিত, যি কৃত্তিকা নক্ষত্ৰ-যোগে যুক্ত।’
Aśarīrā Vāṇī (heavenly voice; deity not named in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage (Viśvāmitra) stands in a sacred forest at night; above, the Kṛttikā stars blaze. A divine presence speaks from the sky, declaring its usual heavenly abode and its single annual descent on Kārttikī.
FAQs
Purāṇas link sacred time (kāla)—especially auspicious lunar-asterism combinations—with intensified divine accessibility.
The setting remains Puṣkara within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
An auspicious timing is indicated: the Kārttikī occasion associated with Kṛttikā-yoga.