Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
मासि मासि यदाप्येत व्रताच्चांद्रायणात्फलम् । अन्यत्र तदिहाप्येत भूतायां नक्तभोजनात्
māsi māsi yadāpyeta vratāccāṃdrāyaṇātphalam | anyatra tadihāpyeta bhūtāyāṃ naktabhojanāt
Qualquer fruto que, mês após mês, se obtém noutro lugar pelo voto do Cāndrāyaṇa, aqui, no mês de Bhūtā (Bhādrapada), alcança-se esse mesmo fruto apenas comendo à noite.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) in Bhādrapada (Bhūtā-māsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Night in Kāśī: lamps along ghāṭas, a devotee takes a simple meal after evening worship; above, a subtle celestial scale motif indicating ‘Cāndrāyaṇa fruit’ attained through naktabhojana in Bhādrapada.
FAQs
Kāśī amplifies spiritual practices: simpler observances there can yield results equal to rigorous vows performed elsewhere.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is praised as a merit-multiplying kṣetra where vratas become especially efficacious.
Nakta-bhojana (taking food only at night) during the month called Bhūtā, said to match the fruit of Cāndrāyaṇa performed elsewhere.