Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
मासे वारे दिने चैव कुत्रचिन्मुनिसत्तमैः । दानानि च तथोक्तानि यथा स्नान विधिस्तथा
māse vāre dine caiva kutracinmunisattamaiḥ | dānāni ca tathoktāni yathā snāna vidhistathā
En certains lieux, les meilleurs des sages prescrivent aussi des observances selon le mois, le jour de la semaine et le jour ; et les dons sont enseignés en conséquence, tout comme les règles du bain.
King of Ānarta (continuing)
Listener: Muni-sattama (addressed)
Scene: The sage gestures as if enumerating months and weekdays; behind him, a symbolic wheel of time (māsa-vāra) overlays scenes of bathing and giving alms at different ghats.
FAQs
Puranic ritual life integrates place with time—tīrtha practice is often linked to calendrical discipline and charity.
No specific site is named; the verse describes general tīrtha-based prescriptions.
Timing-based observances (month/weekday/day) and dāna associated with tīrtha-snāna regulations.