Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
कार्त्तिकस्य सिते पक्ष एकादश्यां समाहितः । प्रातरुत्थाय विप्रेंद्र कर्तव्यं दंतधावनम्
kārttikasya site pakṣa ekādaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ | prātarutthāya vipreṃdra kartavyaṃ daṃtadhāvanam
கார்த்திக மாதத்தின் சுக்லபட்ச ஏகாதசியில் மனத்தை ஒருமைப்படுத்தி—காலை எழுந்து, ஓ விப்ரேந்திரா—தந்ததாவனம் (பற்கள் சுத்தம்) செய்ய வேண்டும்।
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: viprendra/dvija audience (addressed as ‘best of brāhmaṇas’)
Scene: Pre-dawn in Kārttika: a devotee rises, sits calmly, performs dantadhāvana and morning purification, preparing for Ekādaśī vrata; lamps still glow in the dim light.
FAQs
Outer purity supports inner focus; beginning a holy observance with disciplined morning conduct strengthens devotion.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on Kārttika Ekādaśī observance within the chapter’s sacred framework.
On Kārttika bright-half Ekādaśī, rise early, remain mentally composed, and perform danta-dhāvanam as part of vrata discipline.