Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125
युगाद्याः कथिता ह्येता मन्वाद्याः श्रृणु सांप्रतम् । अश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी द्वादशी कार्तिके तथा
yugādyāḥ kathitā hyetā manvādyāḥ śrṛṇu sāṃpratam | aśvayukchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārtike tathā
युगादि तिथी सांगितल्या; आता मन्वादि ऐका—आश्वयुज महिन्यातील शुक्ल नवमी आणि कार्तिक महिन्यातील द्वादशी.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A teacher enumerates sacred days: the yugādi list is complete, and he now points to a new list titled ‘manvādī’; two highlighted dates appear—Aśvayuj śukla navamī and Kārttika dvādaśī—shown as auspicious markers on a lunar calendar.
FAQs
Along with Yugādis, Manvādi days are also spiritually charged times for dharmic acts and worship.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse identifies sacred tithis (Manvādis).
To observe Manvādi tithis (Āśvina śukla navamī; Kārttika dvādaśī) as special occasions for religious merit (commonly dāna, vrata, pūjā).