Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
पर्वस्वप्यर्चनं नास्ति चतुर्दश्यां विशेषतः
parvasvapyarcanaṃ nāsti caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
Même aux jours de fête, nul culte n’est accompli—et tout particulièrement à la caturdaśī, le quatorzième jour lunaire.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A calendar-marked festival day passes in silence: temple doors half-closed, no lamps, no offerings; the narrator points to the neglected caturdaśī as a grave omission.
FAQs
Neglect of regular worship—especially on sacred tithis—signals dharmic decline and invites inauspiciousness.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) as presented in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
The verse highlights the absence of arcana (worship), with emphasis on observance of Caturdaśī.