Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
सकलं कार्तिकं मर्त्यो यस्तच्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स्नापयेत्पूजयेच्चापि स नूनं मुक्तिमाप्नुयात्
sakalaṃ kārtikaṃ martyo yastacchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | snāpayetpūjayeccāpi sa nūnaṃ muktimāpnuyāt
Tout mortel qui, animé de foi, baigne et vénère (ce liṅga) durant tout le mois de Kārtika, atteindra assurément la délivrance (mokṣa).
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/assembly
Scene: A devotee performing daily Kārtika worship: dawn bath, lamp offerings, abhiṣeka to the liṅga, flowers and bilva leaves, steady discipline across the month; the scene conveys quiet certainty of liberation.
FAQs
Faithful, sustained devotion during Kārtika—expressed through bathing and worship—culminates in liberation.
The teaching is tied to worship of the local liṅga within this Tīrthamāhātmya; the excerpt does not name the location.
For the full month of Kārtika: snāpana (ritual bathing) and pūjā of the liṅga, performed with śraddhā.