Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
मासे वारे दिने चैव कुत्रचिन्मुनिसत्तमैः । दानानि च तथोक्तानि यथा स्नान विधिस्तथा
māse vāre dine caiva kutracinmunisattamaiḥ | dānāni ca tathoktāni yathā snāna vidhistathā
بعض مقامات پر، اے بہترین مُنی، برگزیدہ رشی مہینے، ہفتے کے دن اور تاریخ کے مطابق بھی آداب مقرر کرتے ہیں؛ اور دان بھی اسی طرح بتائے گئے ہیں، جیسے اشنان کی ودھی۔
King of Ānarta (continuing)
Listener: Muni-sattama (addressed)
Scene: The sage gestures as if enumerating months and weekdays; behind him, a symbolic wheel of time (māsa-vāra) overlays scenes of bathing and giving alms at different ghats.
FAQs
Puranic ritual life integrates place with time—tīrtha practice is often linked to calendrical discipline and charity.
No specific site is named; the verse describes general tīrtha-based prescriptions.
Timing-based observances (month/weekday/day) and dāna associated with tīrtha-snāna regulations.