Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
माघस्य शुक्लपक्षे तु पञ्चम्यां यादवोत्तम । एकभक्तं सदा ख्यातं षष्ठ्यां नक्तमुदाहृतम्
māghasya śuklapakṣe tu pañcamyāṃ yādavottama | ekabhaktaṃ sadā khyātaṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ naktamudāhṛtam
হে যাদবশ্রেষ্ঠ! মাঘ মাসের শুক্লপক্ষে পঞ্চমীতে ‘একভক্ত’ ব্রত প্রসিদ্ধ; আর ষষ্ঠীতে ‘নক্ত’ ব্রত বিধেয়—রাত্রিতে আহার গ্রহণ।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Sāṃbāditya/Sāṃbārka vrata context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yādavottama (Sāṃba addressed)
Scene: A pilgrim-votary in Prabhāsa during Māgha bright fortnight: simple attire, controlled diet, preparing offerings; calendar/tithi symbolism (moon brightening) and coastal tīrtha ambience.
FAQs
Discipline of food and time purifies intention; regulated living becomes an offering that supports devotional focus.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of worship of Sāṃbāditya (Sūrya).
Māgha bright fortnight: pañcamī—ekabhakta (one meal); ṣaṣṭhī—naktavrata (meal at night).