Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72
यस्तां पूजयते भक्त्या त्रयोदश्यां तथैव च । नापवादो भवेत्तस्य परदारसमुद्भवः
yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā trayodaśyāṃ tathaiva ca | nāpavādo bhavettasya paradārasamudbhavaḥ
ആ ദേവിയെ ഭക്തിയോടെ, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ത്രയോദശിദിനത്തിൽ, പൂജിക്കുന്നവന് പരസ്ത്രീ/പരപുരുഷബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്നുയരുന്ന അപവാദമോ കളങ്കമോ ഉണ്ടാകുകയില്ല.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ)
Scene: A devotee offers lamps, flowers, and incense to a goddess on Trayodaśī; behind, whispering townsfolk are stilled, symbolizing the cessation of slander; the devotee stands calm and composed.
FAQs
Devotional observance (bhakti-yukta pūjā) supports moral reputation and safeguards social dharma.
The worship focuses on the local sacred presence associated with Khaṇḍaśilā in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative.
Worship on Trayodaśī (the 13th tithi) with devotion is prescribed for the stated protective merit.