Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
सन्निधानेन वै तस्याः क्रिया सर्वत्रशोभनाः । व्रजंति हि क्रियात्वं च चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः
sannidhānena vai tasyāḥ kriyā sarvatraśobhanāḥ | vrajaṃti hi kriyātvaṃ ca cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ
അവളുടെ സന്നിധി മാത്രത്താൽ എല്ലായിടത്തും എല്ലാ കർമ്മങ്ങളും മംഗളകരവും ശോഭനവുമാകുന്നു; അവ പൂർണ്ണ ഫലപ്രാപ്തി നേടുന്നു—വിശേഷിച്ച് പുണ്യമായ ചാതുർമാസ്യകാലത്ത്.
Gālava (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into vv. 48–52)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred presence enthroned or symbolically indicated; around it, householders and pilgrims perform varied rites—lamp-offering, water-libations, flower worship—while monsoon clouds mark Cāturmāsya.
FAQs
Sacred proximity (to a holy object or presence) empowers and beautifies religious actions, with heightened potency in Cāturmāsya.
The verse appears within a Tīrthamāhātmya context, but this line itself emphasizes sacred presence and Cāturmāsya rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
It highlights the special efficacy of performing rites during Cāturmāsya.