Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 131
नारद उवाच । चैत्रे मासे तु या नारी कुर्याद्व्रतमनुत्तमम् । तस्य व्रतस्य चान्यानि कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
nārada uvāca | caitre māse tu yā nārī kuryādvratamanuttamam | tasya vratasya cānyāni kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ചൈത്രമാസത്തിൽ ഏതു സ്ത്രീ ആ അനുത്തമ വ്രതം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുമോ, ആ വ്രതത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യത്തിന്റെ പതിനാറിലൊരുഭാഗത്തിനും മറ്റു വ്രതങ്ങൾ തുല്യമല്ല.
Nārada
Tirtha: Caitra-māsa strī-vrata (within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied interlocutor within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative (likely the Queen continuing)
Scene: Sage Nārada speaks authoritatively, describing a Caitra-month women’s vow; women devotees are shown performing vrata—fasting, lamp-lighting, offering flowers—near a river or temple courtyard.
FAQs
Certain time-bound vows (especially in Caitra) are exalted as exceptionally powerful when performed with sincerity.
The verse is framed within Revā-khaṇḍa instruction; it highlights a month-based vrata rather than a specific pilgrimage site.
A woman is enjoined to perform an ‘anuttama’ vrata in the month of Caitra.