Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75
मंदवारे प्रदोषोऽयं दुर्लभः सर्वदेहिनाम् । तत्रापि दुर्लभतरः कृष्णपक्षे समागते
maṃdavāre pradoṣo'yaṃ durlabhaḥ sarvadehinām | tatrāpi durlabhataraḥ kṛṣṇapakṣe samāgate
मांडवारे (सोमवारी) येणारा हा प्रदोष सर्व देहधाऱ्यांस दुर्लभ आहे; आणि तोच कृष्णपक्षात आला तर तो प्रदोष अधिकच दुर्लभ ठरतो।
Hanūmān
Tirtha: Maṇḍavā-sara (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A calendrical-astral motif: moon (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) over a lakeside Śiva shrine at dusk; devotees note the rare Monday pradoṣa, preparing lamps and offerings.
FAQs
Sacred timings (kāla-māhātmya) intensify the fruit of devotion; rare alignments are especially meritorious.
Not directly; the chapter context links Pradoṣa worship to Maṇḍavā-saras.
Observe/perform Śiva devotion on Pradoṣa, particularly when it falls on Maṇḍavāra (Monday) and in the Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa.