Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
सूत उवाच । अर्जुनेनैष विप्रेन्द्राः क्षेत्रेऽत्रैव प्रतिष्ठितः । शयने बोधने चैव प्रातरुत्थाय मानवः
sūta uvāca | arjunenaiṣa viprendrāḥ kṣetre'traiva pratiṣṭhitaḥ | śayane bodhane caiva prātarutthāya mānavaḥ
Sūta dit : « Ô meilleurs des brāhmaṇas, ce Cakrapāṇi fut établi par Arjuna dans cette terre sacrée même. Au moment de se coucher et au moment de s’éveiller—et aussi en se levant à l’aube—l’homme doit le contempler. »
Sūta
Tirtha: Cakrapāṇi (installed in the kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (viprendra/dvijottama addressed collectively)
Scene: Sūta explains to the sages that Arjuna installed Cakrapāṇi in the kṣetra; a visual of Arjuna performing pratiṣṭhā with priests, while devotees approach at dusk and dawn for darśana.
FAQs
Devotion is strengthened by regular rhythm—remembering the Lord at waking, sleeping, and dawn.
The kṣetra (sacred region) of Adhyāya 152 where Arjuna established the Cakrapāṇi deity.
Darśana at three daily junctures: bedtime (śayana), awakening (bodhana), and rising at dawn (prātaḥ-utthāya).