Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
नभसः शुक्लपंचम्यां फलैः पूजां करोति च । अपि वर्षशता नारी सा भविष्यति पुत्रिणी
nabhasaḥ śuklapaṃcamyāṃ phalaiḥ pūjāṃ karoti ca | api varṣaśatā nārī sā bhaviṣyati putriṇī
নভস মাসের শুক্ল পঞ্চমীতে যে নারী ফল দিয়ে পূজা করে, সে শতবর্ষ নি:সন্তান হলেও পুত্রসন্তানপ্রাপ্ত হয়ে পুত্রবতী হয়।
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (within Arbuda-khaṇḍa narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devoted woman on bright Pañcamī in Nabhas offers a platter of seasonal fruits at a tīrtha-side shrine, lamps flickering, with attendants and other pilgrims nearby; the atmosphere is hopeful and sanctified.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma links time (tithi), place (tīrtha), and simple offerings into a focused act of devotion believed to transform destiny.
Nāga-tīrtha, within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred geography, as a site granting offspring through timed worship and bathing.
On Nabhas month’s Śukla Pañcamī, perform pūjā with fruit offerings (phala-pūjā); the stated fruit is putra-lābha (offspring).