Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
चैत्रशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां नक्षत्रे भगदैवते । सूर्यवारेण यो भक्त्या वीक्षयिष्यति मानवः । तदैव तस्य पापानि प्रयास्यन्ति च संक्षयम्
caitraśuklatrayodaśyāṃ nakṣatre bhagadaivate | sūryavāreṇa yo bhaktyā vīkṣayiṣyati mānavaḥ | tadaiva tasya pāpāni prayāsyanti ca saṃkṣayam
Au Trayodaśī, treizième jour de la quinzaine claire de Caitra, lorsque prévaut le nakṣatra présidé par Bhaga, celui qui, un dimanche, contemple avec bhakti (cette présence sacrée), voit alors, à l’instant même, ses péchés s’en aller et s’épuiser jusqu’au bout.
Narrative voice (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the Māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims approach a sanctum/altar at dawn on a spring day (Caitra); the sun is prominent (Sunday), and the atmosphere suggests an astrologically auspicious moment; devotees take darśana with folded hands as a priest marks the time.
FAQs
Devotional darśana at an auspicious time is presented as a powerful purifier that quickly exhausts accumulated sin.
The ongoing context is the Haravedī/altar-shrine area (Haravedyā) associated with Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva) in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
A time-specific prescription: darśana (beholding) with devotion on Caitra bright Trayodaśī, under Bhaga’s nakṣatra, on a Sunday.