Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
इन्द्र उवाच । यद्येवं शरदि प्राप्ते सर्व सत्त्वमनोहरे । सप्तच्छदसमाकीर्णे बन्धूकसुविराजिते
indra uvāca | yadyevaṃ śaradi prāpte sarva sattvamanohare | saptacchadasamākīrṇe bandhūkasuvirājite
Indra sprach: „Wenn dem so ist—wenn der Herbst eintrifft, der den Geist aller Wesen erfreut, wenn saptacchada-Blüten weithin verstreut sind und bandhūka-Blumen in Glanz erstrahlen—“
Indra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Gautama (and/or the sage assembly in context)
Scene: Indra begins specifying the ideal autumn setting: clear śarad air, blossoms of saptacchada scattered, bandhūka flowers glowing red-orange across the ground and groves.
FAQs
Sacred observances are harmonized with auspicious seasons; nature’s beauty is treated as a fitting setting for dharmic celebration.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the seasonal scene within the broader tīrthamāhātmya.
The verse begins Indra’s query/plan about scheduling the festival in autumn; the prescription is developed in subsequent lines.