Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
तथा च सप्तमीयुक्ते रवेर्वारे द्विजोत्तमाः । अष्टोत्तरशतंयावत्फलहस्तः करोति यः । प्रदक्षिणां च सद्भक्त्या स लभेद्वांछितं फलम्
tathā ca saptamīyukte ravervāre dvijottamāḥ | aṣṭottaraśataṃyāvatphalahastaḥ karoti yaḥ | pradakṣiṇāṃ ca sadbhaktyā sa labhedvāṃchitaṃ phalam
Dan lagi, wahai yang terbaik antara golongan dua-kali-lahir: pada hari Ahad yang bertepatan dengan Saptamī, sesiapa yang melakukan pradakṣiṇā dengan bhakti yang tulus, sambil memegang buah-buahan di tangan hingga seratus lapan (108) bilangannya, akan memperoleh hasil yang dihajati.
Sūta
Type: temple
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis)
Scene: Pilgrims circumambulate a temple in a clockwise flow on a bright Sunday-Saptamī; each holds fruits, counting up to 108 rounds with beads or tally marks; the deity’s shrine glows as the goal of their vow.
FAQs
Disciplined devotion—timed with sacred calendrical conjunctions—turns worship into a focused path for attaining righteous desires.
The Puṣpāditya worship setting within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra as described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
On a Sunday coinciding with Saptamī, perform pradakṣiṇā with sincere devotion, holding fruits, up to 108 (aṣṭottara-śata).