Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
मार्गशीर्षेऽथ संप्राप्ते तृतीयादिवसे सिते । तां देवीं पूजयामास वर्षं यावकृतक्षणा
mārgaśīrṣe'tha saṃprāpte tṛtīyādivase site | tāṃ devīṃ pūjayāmāsa varṣaṃ yāvakṛtakṣaṇā
پھر جب ماہِ مارگشیِرش آیا—شُکل پکش کی تیسری تِتھی کو—اس نے اُس دیوی کی پوجا شروع کی اور ورت کے مقررہ اوقات کے مطابق پورا ایک سال تک اسے جاری رکھا۔
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devoted woman commences a year-long Devī worship on the bright third of Mārgaśīrṣa; a shrine with lamp, flowers, and a calendar-marked vow; the sense of time passing through seasons while worship continues.
FAQs
Sacred time (month and tithi) is treated as spiritually potent; steadfast continuity in observance is honored.
The verse highlights calendrical sacredness rather than a named geographic tirtha.
Begin worship on Mārgaśīrṣa śukla tṛtīyā and maintain the observance for one full year.