Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68
तृतीयादौ सप्तम्यंतदिनपञ्चकमेव च । ओषध्यानयवैयग्र्यादवहारो बभूव ह
tṛtīyādau saptamyaṃtadinapañcakameva ca | oṣadhyānayavaiyagryādavahāro babhūva ha
तृतीयातिथित आरभ्य सप्तम्यन्तं दिनपञ्चके। ओषध्यानयनहेतोः प्रायोऽवहारः प्रवृत्तोऽभूत्॥
Sūta (deduced; not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A five-day span (tṛtīyā to saptamī) depicted as a camp scene: vānaras and allies gathering medicinal herbs; restrained eating as part of war discipline.
FAQs
Protection of life is dharma: even amid war, urgent healing and restoration of the righteous host becomes a sacred priority.
No tīrtha is named; the verse highlights an episode of medicinal aid within the narrative timeline.
None explicitly; it notes a practical cause (herb-bringing) for the community’s actions during those tithis.