Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
सूत उवाच । श्रावण्यां समतीतायां द्वितीयादिवसे स्थिते । प्रातरुत्थाय विप्रेन्द्रा नक्षत्रे विष्णुदैवते । पापिष्ठैः पतितैर्म्लेच्छैः संभाषं नैव कारयेत्
sūta uvāca | śrāvaṇyāṃ samatītāyāṃ dvitīyādivase sthite | prātarutthāya viprendrā nakṣatre viṣṇudaivate | pāpiṣṭhaiḥ patitairmlecchaiḥ saṃbhāṣaṃ naiva kārayet
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ശ്രാവണമാസം കഴിഞ്ഞ് ദ്വിതീയാദിനം വന്നാൽ, ഹേ വിപ്രശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേൽക്കണം. വിഷ്ണുദൈവത നക്ഷത്രദിനത്തിൽ അതിപാപികൾ, പതിതർ, മ്ലേച്ഛർ എന്നിവരോടു സംഭാഷണം ചെയ്യരുത്।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)
Listener: Viprāḥ / brāhmaṇa audience (viprendra addressed)
Scene: At dawn after Śrāvaṇa, a vrata-observer rises, performs ācamana, keeps silence/guarded speech, and avoids impure company; a calendar/astrological motif indicates Viṣṇu’s nakṣatra.
FAQs
Protect the sanctity of a vow by guarding speech and association, especially on days dedicated to Viṣṇu.
The verse sits in a Tīrthamāhātmya context but this line focuses on vrata-discipline rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
Rise at dawn and maintain ritual purity by avoiding conversation with those described as fallen or outside dhārmic conduct.