Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य प्रावृट्काल उपस्थितः । श्रावणस्यासिते पक्षे कर्कटस्थे दिवाकरे
evaṃ cintayatastasya prāvṛṭkāla upasthitaḥ | śrāvaṇasyāsite pakṣe karkaṭasthe divākare
ഇങ്ങനെ ചിന്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ അവനടുത്തേക്ക് വർഷാകാലം എത്തി— ശ്രാവണ മാസത്തിലെ കൃഷ്ണപക്ഷത്തിൽ, സൂര്യൻ കർക്കടക രാശിയിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുമ്പോൾ।
Narrator (contextual; within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Monsoon clouds roll in over the sacred precinct; rain begins to sheet down as the calendar turns to Śrāvaṇa dark fortnight, with an astrological emblem of Karkaṭa subtly indicated in the sky.
FAQs
Purāṇas often anchor moral events in sacred time; actions ripen under the rhythms of season and month.
Not specified in this verse; it provides calendrical context within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
None directly; the verse notes Śrāvaṇa and lunar fortnight, which are commonly used to time vratas and tīrtha-visits.