Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127
आषाढस्यापि दशमी माघमासस्य सप्तमी । श्रावणस्याष्टमी कृष्णा तथाषाढी च पूर्णिमा
āṣāḍhasyāpi daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī | śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhī ca pūrṇimā
आषाढ महिन्याची दशमी, माघ महिन्याची सप्तमी, श्रावणातील कृष्ण अष्टमी, तसेच आषाढी पौर्णिमा हीही (विशेष पुण्यदायी तिथी आहेत).
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: Four seasonal vignettes: monsoon Āṣāḍha full-moon with lamp-lit worship; Āṣāḍha daśamī charity; winter Māgha saptamī sunrise bath; Śrāvaṇa dark aṣṭamī night vigil with devotional singing—each framed as a sacred time-node for merit.
FAQs
Time (kāla), marked by tithi and month, becomes a vessel for intensified merit when used for dharmic action.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse praises calendrical observances.
These dates are presented as especially auspicious for vrata-like observances and dāna.