Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72
षष्ठ्यां सूर्यदिने भक्त्या व्यतीपाते च वै धृतौ । संक्रान्तौ ग्रहणेऽमायां ये व्रजन्ति जितेन्द्रियाः
ṣaṣṭhyāṃ sūryadine bhaktyā vyatīpāte ca vai dhṛtau | saṃkrāntau grahaṇe'māyāṃ ye vrajanti jitendriyāḥ
Para bhakta yang menundukkan indera, yang pergi dengan penuh श्रद्धा pada tithi keenam, hari Ahad, saat Vyatīpāta dan Dhṛti, pada Saṅkrānti, ketika gerhana, dan pada hari amāvasyā—mereka menjadi penerima pahala yang istimewa.
Īśvara (Śiva) — continued quoted teaching (time-based tīrtha prescriptions)
Tirtha: Ravitīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims arriving at the river ford carrying small bundles and waterpots; above them a symbolic sky-wheel showing Ṣaṣṭhī moon, the Sun (Sunday), saṅkrānti solar ingress, and an eclipse disc—indicating sacred timing.
FAQs
Purāṇic practice joins devotion with sacred timing: visiting a tīrtha on potent calendrical moments amplifies merit.
The time-list is given in the ongoing Ravitīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa.
Go to the tīrtha with devotion and self-control on ṣaṣṭhī, Sundays, Vyatīpāta/Dhṛti yogas, Saṅkrānti, eclipses, and amāvāsyā.