Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
राधादिफाल्गुनांतासु तृतीयासु व्रतं चरेत् । क्रमेण दंतकाष्ठानि कथयामि तवानघे
rādhādiphālgunāṃtāsu tṛtīyāsu vrataṃ caret | krameṇa daṃtakāṣṭhāni kathayāmi tavānaghe
राधातृतीयादारभ्य फाल्गुनान्ततृतीयासु यावत्, तासु सर्वासु तृतीयासु व्रतं चरेत्। हे अनघे, दन्तकाष्ठानां क्रमं तेऽहं कथयामि।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pulomajā (anaghā)
Scene: A teacher-sage figure instructs a devoted woman, pointing to a lunar calendar (tithi wheel) and a bundle of tooth-sticks from different trees laid out in order; background hints of Kāśī lanes/ghāṭas.
FAQs
Regular, tithi-based discipline across the year is praised as a structured path of dharma.
The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, situating the vrata within the sanctity of Kāśī.
Observing a tṛtīyā-vrata through the year and following prescribed dantakāṣṭha (tooth-stick) usage.