Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
तथा च सप्तमीयुक्ते रवेर्वारे द्विजोत्तमाः । अष्टोत्तरशतंयावत्फलहस्तः करोति यः । प्रदक्षिणां च सद्भक्त्या स लभेद्वांछितं फलम्
tathā ca saptamīyukte ravervāre dvijottamāḥ | aṣṭottaraśataṃyāvatphalahastaḥ karoti yaḥ | pradakṣiṇāṃ ca sadbhaktyā sa labhedvāṃchitaṃ phalam
Et de plus, ô meilleurs des deux-fois-nés : un dimanche qui tombe au jour de Saptamī, quiconque accomplit la pradakṣiṇā avec une dévotion authentique, tenant en main des fruits jusqu’au nombre de cent huit, obtient le fruit désiré.
Sūta
Type: temple
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis)
Scene: Pilgrims circumambulate a temple in a clockwise flow on a bright Sunday-Saptamī; each holds fruits, counting up to 108 rounds with beads or tally marks; the deity’s shrine glows as the goal of their vow.
FAQs
Disciplined devotion—timed with sacred calendrical conjunctions—turns worship into a focused path for attaining righteous desires.
The Puṣpāditya worship setting within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra as described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
On a Sunday coinciding with Saptamī, perform pradakṣiṇā with sincere devotion, holding fruits, up to 108 (aṣṭottara-śata).