Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83
आदाय परया प्रीत्या जानकीं स न्यवर्तत । वैशाखस्य चतुर्थ्यां तु रामः पुष्पकमा श्रितः
ādāya parayā prītyā jānakīṃ sa nyavartata | vaiśākhasya caturthyāṃ tu rāmaḥ puṣpakamā śritaḥ
Jānakī in höchster Freude mit sich nehmend, kehrte er um. Und am vierten Tithi des Vaiśākha bestieg Rāma den Puṣpaka (Vimāna) und nahm darin Zuflucht.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Vaiśākha Caturthī (kāla-tīrtha framing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma lifts Sītā into the Puṣpaka-vimāna; the aerial car gleams as it rises, attendants watching with reverence; the sky becomes a sacred corridor of return.
FAQs
Purāṇas sanctify time: sacred months and tithis become markers of dharmic events and remembrance.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it emphasizes sacred time (Vaiśākha caturthī) and Rāma’s return.
No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed here.