Varaha Purana 176.62: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 62
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
त्रयोदश्यां नैमिषे च प्रयागे च चतुर्दशीम् ॥ कार्त्तिक्यां पुष्करे चैव कार्त्तिकस्य सितासिते ॥
trayodaśyāṃ naimiṣe ca prayāge ca caturdaśīm || kārttikyāṃ puṣkare caiva kārttikasya sitāsite
Pada hari Trayodaśī di Naimiṣa, dan pada hari Caturdaśī di Prayāga; serta pada bulan Kārttika di Puṣkara juga—dalam kedua-dua paruh terang dan paruh gelap bulan Kārttika.
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It links multiple pan-Indic pilgrimage centers to lunar dates and the Kārttika season, illustrating how texts standardized pilgrimage time across regions.
Naimiṣa (Naimiṣāraṇya), Prayāga (Prayagraj), and Puṣkara (Pushkar) are explicitly named.
The instruction is ritual discipline through time-and-place observance, framing ethical purification as aligned with calendrical order.
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