Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
अथ सा त्वरितं गत्वा तासां पार्श्वमनिंदिता । भूषणानि महार्हाणि गृहीत्वा पंचमीदिने
atha sā tvaritaṃ gatvā tāsāṃ pārśvamaniṃditā | bhūṣaṇāni mahārhāṇi gṛhītvā paṃcamīdine
तब वह अनिन्दिता स्त्री शीघ्र ही उनके पास गई और पंचमी के दिन अत्यन्त मूल्यवान आभूषण लेकर (उनके सामने) उपस्थित हुई।
Narrator (contextual; Sūta as frame-narrator in this passage)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A noble woman hastens to four ascetic women, carrying a casket of precious ornaments; the lunar day pañcamī is implied by a slender moon motif and ritual timing.
FAQs
Prompt, sincere action aligned with dharma—especially in matters of giving—sets the moral tone for sacred merit (puṇya).
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate shloka is narrative and does not name a particular tīrtha by itself.
It notes the timing as Pañcamī (fifth lunar day), a tithi often used in Purāṇic contexts to frame vows, gifts, or auspicious actions.
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