Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66
श्रवणादीनि पंचैव नक्षत्राणि पृथक्पृथक् । तव पूजाकृते पंच क्रतुतुल्यानि तानि च । भविष्यंति न संदेहः सर्वतीर्थमयानि च
śravaṇādīni paṃcaiva nakṣatrāṇi pṛthakpṛthak | tava pūjākṛte paṃca kratutulyāni tāni ca | bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃdehaḥ sarvatīrthamayāni ca
Las cinco mansiones lunares que comienzan con Śravaṇa—cada una distinta—observadas para tu culto, serán iguales a cinco sacrificios védicos. Sin duda, contendrán el mérito de todos los lugares santos.
Unclear from excerpt (didactic voice within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A celestial calendar tableau: five nakṣatras starting with Śravaṇa appear as personified star-deities offering garlands; a devotee performs pūjā; sacrificial fires appear faintly as symbolic equivalence.
FAQs
Time sanctified through devotion (nakṣatra observance) can yield sacrifice-like merit and the fruit of many pilgrimages.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse claims the observance becomes ‘sarva-tīrtha-maya’—containing the merit of all tīrthas.
Performing worship aligned with five nakṣatras beginning with Śravaṇa, treating each observance as a distinct devotional act.
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