Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
माघे मासे चतुर्दश्यां यस्ता माराधयेन्नरः । स भवेत्पशुमान्धीमांल्लक्ष्मीवान्पुत्रवान्सुधीः
māghe māse caturdaśyāṃ yastā mārādhayennaraḥ | sa bhavetpaśumāndhīmāṃllakṣmīvānputravānsudhīḥ
Sesiapa yang pada hari keempat belas bulan Māgha menyembah Baginda dengan penuh bhakti, akan menjadi berharta ternakan dan makmur, berakal budi, dikurniai Lakṣmī (tuah rezeki), serta dianugerahi putera dan pertimbangan yang baik.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prābhāsikā Devī (Mahīṣaghnī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: On Māgha caturdaśī, a devotee worships the fierce-protective Devī in Prabhāsa with lamps and flowers; the scene emphasizes auspiciousness—cattle, prosperity, and family blessings symbolically surrounding the worshipper.
FAQs
Timely, devoted worship aligned with sacred calendrical moments (tithi and month) is praised as a dharmic path that yields both worldly welfare and refined intellect.
The verse belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa, situating the merit within the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.
Worship/propitiation of the goddess on Māgha month’s caturdaśī (fourteenth lunar day).