Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत् । कृष्णपक्षे त्रयोदश्यां नभस्ये च विशेषतः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret | kṛṣṇapakṣe trayodaśyāṃ nabhasye ca viśeṣataḥ
म्हणून सर्व प्रयत्नाने तेथे स्नान करावे—विशेषतः कृष्णपक्षातील त्रयोदशीस, आणि विशेष करून नभस्य (भाद्रपद) महिन्यात।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda Koṭitīrtha (snāna-sthāna)
Type: kund
Listener: King (Rājan)
Scene: Pilgrims at dawn on kṛṣṇa trayodaśī in Bhādrapada: dark-fortnight sky fading, lamps on the steps, devotees entering the sacred waters with folded hands, priests guiding sankalpa.
FAQs
Pilgrimage merit is intensified by sacred timing; dharma is practiced through place-plus-calendar discipline.
Koṭitīrtha in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
Snāna (sacred bathing) at Koṭitīrtha, especially on kṛṣṇa-pakṣa trayodaśī in the month of Nabhas (Bhādrapada).