Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
अप्येकं कार्तिकस्याहस्तत्र वै सफलीकृतम् । जपहोमार्चनादानैः कृतकृत्यास्त एव हि
apyekaṃ kārtikasyāhastatra vai saphalīkṛtam | japahomārcanādānaiḥ kṛtakṛtyāsta eva hi
तेथे कार्तिकातील एक दिवस जरी घालविला तरी तो खरोखर सफल होतो. जप, होम, पूजन व दान यांनी ते जन कृतकृत्य होतात.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general Kārtika-mahātmyam context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims at dawn in Kāśī during Kārtika: lamps on the river, a small homa-fire on the ghat, devotees doing japa with mālā, offering flowers and lamps at a shrine, and giving alms.
FAQs
Holy place plus holy month yields accelerated merit: even one Kārtika day, used well, becomes spiritually complete.
The praised ‘there’ refers to the Pañcanada tīrtha area within Kāśī, continuing the immediate context.
Japa (recitation), homa (fire-offering), arcana (worship), and dāna (charity) during Kārtika.