Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71
चतुर्द्दश्यां दशग्रीवो दीक्षामापावहारतः । अमावास्यादिने प्रागाद्युद्धाय दशकंधरः
caturddaśyāṃ daśagrīvo dīkṣāmāpāvahārataḥ | amāvāsyādine prāgādyuddhāya daśakaṃdharaḥ
ચતુર્દશી તિથિએ દશગ્રીવે આહાર-નિયમ સાથે સંકળાયેલી દીક્ષા ધારણ કરી. ત્યારબાદ અમાવાસ્યાના દિવસે દશકંધર યુદ્ધ માટે નીકળી પડ્યો.
Sūta (deduced; not explicit in snippet)
Scene: On caturdaśī Rāvaṇa takes dīkṣā tied to regulated intake; on amāvāsyā he marches to battle—ritual chamber transitioning to war procession under a moonless sky.
FAQs
Ritual power without righteousness cannot save: even after dīkṣā, one who stands in adharma proceeds toward downfall.
No specific tīrtha is glorified; the verse is a narrative timestamp using caturdaśī and amāvāsyā.
A dīkṣā is mentioned (as Rāvaṇa’s act), but it is not presented here as a recommended vrata for devotees—only as part of the storyline.