Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
विशेषाद्भाद्रपदे तु कृष्णपक्षे त्रयोदशीम् । प्रधानं सर्वतीर्थानां देवैरध्यासितं पुरा
viśeṣādbhādrapade tu kṛṣṇapakṣe trayodaśīm | pradhānaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ devairadhyāsitaṃ purā
विशेषतः भाद्रपद महिन्यात, कृष्णपक्षातील त्रयोदशीस, हे देवतीर्थ सर्व तीर्थांमध्ये प्रधान आहे—जे पूर्वी देवांनी आश्रय करून पावन केले।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Deva-tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Night-to-dawn Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa trayodaśī at a riverbank tīrtha: pilgrims with lamps, priests marking tithi, Indra and devas subtly depicted as having once ‘resided’ there; a sense of cosmic timing and sanctity.
FAQs
Time (kāla) and place (deśa/tīrtha) together intensify dharma; certain lunar dates unlock heightened tīrtha potency.
Deva-tīrtha, declared pradhāna (foremost) among tīrthas on the specified sacred date.
A timing prescription: observe/visit especially on Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa-pakṣa trayodaśī.