Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
शुक्लपक्षं समासाद्य तारापतिरिवांबरे । यदासौ यौवनोपेतः संजातो द्विजसत्तमाः
śuklapakṣaṃ samāsādya tārāpatirivāṃbare | yadāsau yauvanopetaḥ saṃjāto dvijasattamāḥ
جیسے آسمان میں تاروں کا سردار چاند شُکل پکش کو پہنچتا ہے، ویسے ہی وہ بھی جوانی کو پہنچ گیا، اے افضلِ دُو بار جنم لینے والو۔
Sūta (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (addressed)
Scene: A montage-like scene: the waxing moon over a calm sky mirrored by a young sage growing into youth, both radiating gentle light.
FAQs
Human maturity is framed as a dharmic unfolding, likened to the waxing moon’s auspicious increase.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is poetic narration within the Māhātmya context.
None; it employs auspicious lunar imagery rather than prescribing a rite.