Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
ता निशास्ते च दिवसास्ते मासास्ते च वत्सराः । नराणां सफला येषु चिन्तितो भगवान्हरिः
tā niśāste ca divasāste māsāste ca vatsarāḥ | narāṇāṃ saphalā yeṣu cintito bhagavānhariḥ
Hanya malam dan siang itu, bulan dan tahun itu, yang sungguh berbuah bagi manusia—di mana Bhagavān Hari dikenang dan direnungkan.
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate chapter context continuing into 150.1)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic procession of night and day—moon and sun—passing over a devotee seated in meditation; the calendar pages transform into lotus petals as Hari is contemplated in the heart.
FAQs
Time becomes meaningful when it is filled with remembrance of God; devotion sanctifies ordinary life.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets a devotional standard within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative.
A direct ritual is not prescribed; the practice emphasized is smaraṇa/cintana—continual remembrance of Hari.