Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
अत्र त्वां पूजयेद्यस्तु शुक्लपक्षे समाहितः । नवम्यामाश्विने मासि तस्य कार्यं सदा शुभम्
atra tvāṃ pūjayedyastu śuklapakṣe samāhitaḥ | navamyāmāśvine māsi tasya kāryaṃ sadā śubham
“Sinumang sumamba sa iyo rito nang may pagtitipon ng isip, sa maliwanag na kalahati ng buwan—sa ika-siyam na araw (Navamī) ng buwang Āśvina—para sa kanya, ang lahat ng gawain ay laging mapalad.”
Devas
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Navamī worship scene in Prabhāsa: devotees with concentrated minds offer lamps, flowers, and red cloth to the Devī; the bright fortnight moonlight and festival atmosphere suggest assured auspiciousness for future endeavors.
FAQs
Right worship in the right place and time, done with mental focus, yields lasting auspiciousness in one’s life and works.
Prabhāsakṣetra (“here”), where the Goddess is to be worshipped.
Devī-pūjā performed at Prabhāsakṣetra on Āśvina month, śukla-pakṣa Navamī, with a collected mind.