Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभागः पुरुषेण विजानता । दिवा तत्कर्म कर्तव्यं येन रात्रौ सुखं स्वपेत्
evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāgaḥ puruṣeṇa vijānatā | divā tatkarma kartavyaṃ yena rātrau sukhaṃ svapet
हे जाणून विवेकी व भाग्यवान पुरुषाने दिवसा असे कर्म करावे की ज्यामुळे रात्री तो निश्चिंतपणे सुखाने झोपू शकेल।
Atithi (inferred)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim completes daytime duties—offering at a shrine, giving alms—then lies down at night under a calm sky, sleeping peacefully; the contrast with restless craving is implied.
FAQs
Live with discernment and integrity so the conscience is calm and sleep becomes peaceful.
The counsel is delivered within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya setting of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
No specific rite; it prescribes dhārmic conduct as a daily discipline.