Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
यस्तौ संपूजयित्वा तु ह्यश्विनीसूक्तमुच्चरेत् । द्विकोटि गुणितं पुण्यं सम्यक्तेन समाप्यते
yastau saṃpūjayitvā tu hyaśvinīsūktamuccaret | dvikoṭi guṇitaṃ puṇyaṃ samyaktena samāpyate
Mais quiconque, après avoir honoré comme il se doit ces deux divinités, récite l’Aśvinī Sūkta, achève le rite selon la juste règle et obtient un mérite multiplié par deux crores.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta in Tīrtha-māhātmya narration)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: Pilgrims at a Gujarat tīrtha shrine worship a paired set of deities; a priest leads recitation of the Aśvinī Sūkta as lamps flare and flowers fall, signifying completion of the rite and the surge of merit.
FAQs
Right worship joined with sacred speech (sūkta-recitation) yields extraordinary merit; correctness (samyak) is itself a dharmic value.
The same kṣetra described earlier in Nāgara-khaṇḍa Adhyāya 155; the excerpt does not provide the site-name.
Worship the Aśvins and recite the Aśvinī Sūkta; the result is described as dvi-koṭi-guṇita puṇya.