Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
पुत्रं वै जनयामास सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम् । तत्र पार्थिवशार्दूल कृष्णपक्षे ऽश्विनस्य च
putraṃ vai janayāmāsa sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam | tatra pārthivaśārdūla kṛṣṇapakṣe 'śvinasya ca
তিনি সেখানে সর্বশুভ লক্ষণে লক্ষিত এক পুত্র প্রসব করলেন। হে রাজশার্দূল! তা আশ্বিন মাসের কৃষ্ণপক্ষে ঘটেছিল।
Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into Adhyāya 6:1)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (addressed as pārthiva-śārdūla)
Scene: Auspicious childbirth scene near a sacred waterbody; attendants, lamps, protective rites; the newborn bears auspicious marks; the sky suggests Aśvina dark fortnight night.
FAQs
Association with a holy place and sacred timing is portrayed as yielding auspicious outcomes, including blessed progeny.
The same tīrtha in Arbuda Khaṇḍa where the virtuous woman stayed; its sanctity is implied through the auspicious event occurring there.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse notes sacred time (Aśvina, kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) in the tīrtha narrative.