Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
भवंत्विंद्रपुरोगाश्च चातुर्मास्ये समागते । ते तथोचुश्च संहृष्टा नमस्कृत्य च शूलिनम्
bhavaṃtviṃdrapurogāśca cāturmāsye samāgate | te tathocuśca saṃhṛṣṭā namaskṛtya ca śūlinam
“एवमस्तु— चातुर्मास्ये समागते इन्द्रपुरोगा भवन्तु।” इति ते संहृष्टा ऊचुः; शूलिनं नमस्कृत्य च तथैव प्रत्यनुज्ञाय।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic framing for Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Mandara-parvata (contextual)
Type: peak
Scene: Devas, with Indra at the forefront, joyfully agree to assemble in Cāturmāsya; all bow to Śiva the Trident-bearer.
FAQs
Joyful assent and humble salutation to Śiva are presented as the proper devotional response when sacred observances like Cāturmāsya begin.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the immediate snippet emphasizes the sacred time (Cāturmāsya) rather than naming a specific tīrtha in this line.
Cāturmāsya is referenced as a sacred four-month religious season/vrata-period associated with intensified worship and restraint.
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