Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
शांडिल्य उवाच । पक्षद्वये त्रयोदश्यां निराहारो भवेद्यदा । घटीत्रयादस्तमयात्पूर्वं स्नानं समाचरेत्
śāṃḍilya uvāca | pakṣadvaye trayodaśyāṃ nirāhāro bhavedyadā | ghaṭītrayādastamayātpūrvaṃ snānaṃ samācaret
Śāṇḍilya disse: No décimo terceiro dia lunar de qualquer das duas quinzenas, quando se observa o jejum, deve-se realizar o banho ritual três ghaṭīs (cerca de setenta e dois minutos) antes do pôr do sol.
Śāṇḍilya
Tirtha: Pradoṣa-vrata (Trayodaśī)
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇa woman (vipravanitā)
Scene: A devotee on Trayodaśī, fasting, bathing in a river/pond as the sun descends; then walking toward a Śiva shrine as lamps begin to glow at twilight.
FAQs
Discipline in time, purity, and restraint prepares the devotee to approach Śiva worship with steadiness and reverence.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse gives vrata-timing applicable wherever the observance is performed.
Fast on Trayodaśī in either fortnight and bathe three ghaṭīs before sunset.