Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
यस्तां चैत्रसिते पक्षे संप श्येदष्टमीदिने । तस्याभीष्टा भवेत्सिद्धिः सर्वदैव द्विजोत्तमाः
yastāṃ caitrasite pakṣe saṃpa śyedaṣṭamīdine | tasyābhīṣṭā bhavetsiddhiḥ sarvadaiva dvijottamāḥ
โอผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะ ผู้ใดได้ดาร์ศนะพระนางในวันอัษฏมี แห่งปักษ์มืดของเดือนไจตรา ผู้นั้นจักบรรลุสิทธิ์ตามปรารถนา ความสำเร็จย่อมมาถึงโดยแน่นอน
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Kṣemaṃkarī/Kātyāyanī
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ
Scene: Night of Caitra dark fortnight; aṣṭamī worship at the Devī temple—rows of lamps, devotees queue for darśana; the narrator promises iṣṭa-siddhi to the faithful.
FAQs
Sacred timing (tithi) joined with Devī-darśana in a holy place is taught as a powerful means for attaining siddhi and auspicious fulfillment.
The Devī’s darśana is framed within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Tīrthamāhātmya narrative of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
Darśana (beholding the Devī) specifically on Caitra kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī is prescribed as a merit-bearing observance.