Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113
बृहस्पतिरुवाच । कार्तिके मासि संप्राप्ते मंदवारे त्रयोदशी । संपूर्तिस्तु भवेत्तत्र संपूर्णव्रतसिद्धये
bṛhaspatiruvāca | kārtike māsi saṃprāpte maṃdavāre trayodaśī | saṃpūrtistu bhavettatra saṃpūrṇavratasiddhaye
Bṛhaspati sprach: „Wenn der Monat Kārtika herannaht und die Trayodaśī auf einen Samstag fällt, dann tritt dort die volle Vollendung ein, damit das Gelübde vollkommenen Erfolg erlange.“
Bṛhaspati
Scene: Bṛhaspati specifies the auspicious calendrical alignment: Kārtika month, Trayodaśī, and Saturday—depicted with celestial calendar symbols, moon phase, and Saturn iconography beside ritual paraphernalia.
FAQs
Sacred time (kāla) is a vehicle of merit—aligning devotion with auspicious calendrical moments perfects the fruit of vrata.
Kedārakhaṇḍa provides the pilgrimage context, while this verse specifically glorifies the auspiciousness of Kārtika and Trayodaśī timing.
The vrata’s ‘completion’ is to be done when Trayodaśī coincides with Saturday in the month of Kārtika.