Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
ऋतुकाले तु नारीणां सेवनाज्जायते सुतः । सुतात्स्वर्गश्च मोक्षश्च हीत्येवं श्रुतिनोदना
ṛtukāle tu nārīṇāṃ sevanājjāyate sutaḥ | sutātsvargaśca mokṣaśca hītyevaṃ śrutinodanā
No tempo próprio da mulher, da união nasce um filho; e por meio do filho alcançam-se o céu e até a libertação (mokṣa): assim exorta a sagrada tradição.
Narrator of Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced; explicit speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha frame (implied tarpaṇa suitability)
Type: river
Listener: Naroत्तम/Bhārata (frame interlocutor)
Scene: A symbolic tableau: the couple in a sanctified household setting during ṛtu-kāla; in the background, ancestors receiving tarpaṇa at a riverbank; above, a luminous path to svarga/mokṣa suggested through iconographic motifs.
FAQs
It frames timely, dharmic household conduct as a sanctioned path that supports progeny and the broader religious goals of merit, heaven, and liberation.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse, but it occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa, oriented to the greatness of the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape.
A dharma-guideline is implied: conjugal union at ṛtukāla (the proper season), presented as supported by Śruti.