Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
या नारी पतिना त्यक्ता वंध्या वा भक्तिसंयुता । तृतीयादिवसे चैतां पूजयिष्यति केशव
yā nārī patinā tyaktā vaṃdhyā vā bhaktisaṃyutā | tṛtīyādivase caitāṃ pūjayiṣyati keśava
हे केशवा! जी स्त्री पतीने त्यागलेली असेल किंवा वंध्या असेल, तरी भक्तियुक्त असल्यास तिने तृतीयादिवसापासून या देवीचे पूजन करावे।
Brahmā (addressing Viṣṇu as Keśava; continuing phala/instruction)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Keśava/Vāsudeva (addressed)
Scene: A sorrowful yet resolute woman approaches a shrine of Keśava, beginning her observance on tṛtīyā; she carries flowers and a small vessel of unguent, her posture turning from grief to devotion.
FAQs
Devotion is presented as a restorative spiritual power, offering hope and auspicious change even in social and personal hardship.
The excerpt does not name the tīrtha; it remains within the chapter’s sacred-place framework.
Women in distress are advised to worship Subhadrā starting on Tṛtīyā (the third lunar day).