Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां यस्तं पूजयते नरः । स तत्पापं निहत्याशु स्वर्गलोकं ततो व्रजेत्
caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | sa tatpāpaṃ nihatyāśu svargalokaṃ tato vrajet
चैत्र मासाच्या शुक्ल पक्षातील चतुर्दशीस जो मनुष्य त्या देवाचे पूजन करतो, तो तत्क्षणी ते पाप नष्ट करून नंतर स्वर्गलोकास प्राप्त होतो।
Sūta (continued narration)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A pilgrim performs pūjā on Caitra bright Caturdaśī at a tīrtha shrine; lamps, flowers, incense; the deity’s presence implied; celestial path to svarga suggested in the background.
FAQs
Time (tithi) sanctifies practice; worship performed on prescribed auspicious days yields intensified purification and merit.
Citrapīṭha, through the worship of its deity Citreśvara.
Perform pūjā to Citreśvara on Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī.