Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
श्रावणे मासि विधिना या नारी तां प्रपूजयेत् । तृतीयायां शुक्लपक्षे सा दुःखैर्मुच्यतेऽखिलैः
śrāvaṇe māsi vidhinā yā nārī tāṃ prapūjayet | tṛtīyāyāṃ śuklapakṣe sā duḥkhairmucyate'khilaiḥ
श्रावणमासे विधिना या नारी तां प्रपूजयेत्। शुक्लपक्षस्य तृतीयायां सा सर्वदुःखैः प्रमुच्यते।
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Mantravibhūṣaṇā (Gaurī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A woman devotee in Śrāvaṇa performs orderly pūjā on śukla-tṛtīyā before Mantravibhūṣaṇā Devī: offering flowers, lamp, and water; the atmosphere is monsoon-cooled, with temple bells and a serene face suggesting release from sorrow.
FAQs
Time-sanctified devotion (month and tithi) aligns the devotee with dharma and is promised as a cure for suffering.
The Devī Mantravibhūṣaṇā (Gaurī) shrine near Bhīmeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Perform proper worship (vidhinā pūjā) in Śrāvaṇa month on Śukla-pakṣa Tṛtīyā.