Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87
मुक्त्वान्नप्राशनंनाम सीमंतोन्नयनं तथा । तस्मात्सुप्ते जगन्नाथे ताः सर्वाः स्युर्वृथा द्विजाः
muktvānnaprāśanaṃnāma sīmaṃtonnayanaṃ tathā | tasmātsupte jagannāthe tāḥ sarvāḥ syurvṛthā dvijāḥ
اَنّ پراشن اور سیمنتونّین کے سوا—جب جگن ناتھ نیندِ مقدّس میں ہوں—اے دِویجوں، باقی سب سنسکار بے ثمر ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Sūta (addressing the dvijas within the narrative frame)
Tirtha: Jagannātha-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija (twice-born) audience addressed
Scene: A temple town at dusk in the monsoon season; priests announce Hari’s sacred sleep; householders postpone ceremonies, holding offerings and lamps before the sanctum.
FAQs
Rites are meaningful when harmonized with sacred cosmic order; otherwise, they lose spiritual efficacy.
The instruction belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-centered narrative, though it states a general seasonal rule.
During the Lord’s śayana, most saṃskāras are discouraged as fruitless, with annaprāśana and sīmantonnayana noted as exceptions.