Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
विशेषाच्चाश्विने मासि कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् । उपोष्य परया भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
viśeṣāccāśvine māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm | upoṣya parayā bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
विशेषतः आश्विन महिन्यात कृष्णपक्षातील चतुर्दशीस परम भक्तीने उपवास केल्यास सर्व पापांतून मुक्ती मिळते।
Narrator (instructional voice within Revā-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Yama-hāseśvara / Revā tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā
Scene: Pilgrims on the dark-fortnight fourteenth of Āśvina: fasting, hands folded, facing the shrine by Revā; the sky suggests late monsoon/autumn clarity; lamps prepared for night vigil (foreshadowed).
FAQs
Time-sanctified observances (tithi-vrata) joined with devotion yield profound purification.
The broader Revā-kṣetra context continues, though this verse focuses on the sacred time (Āśvina caturdaśī).
Upavāsa (fasting) on Āśvina kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī with parā-bhakti.