Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
प्रातःकर्म सुरेशानां मध्याह्ने द्विजसेवनम् । अपराह्णेऽथ कार्याणि कुर्वन्मर्त्यः सुखी भवेत्
prātaḥkarma sureśānāṃ madhyāhne dvijasevanam | aparāhṇe'tha kāryāṇi kurvanmartyaḥ sukhī bhavet
صبح کے وقت دیوتاؤں کے سرداروں کی پوجا کرو؛ دوپہر میں دْوِجوں کی خدمت کرو۔ پھر سہ پہر اپنے دنیوی فرائض انجام دو—یوں انسان خوش رہتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Scene: Triptych-like day cycle: sunrise worship before a shrine; midday offering and respectful attendance to a learned dvija; afternoon the same person engaged in honest work, all under a calm sacred sky.
FAQs
A balanced day—devotion, service to the learned, and timely worldly duties—creates dharmic well-being and happiness.
No particular tīrtha is named in the verse; it provides a general dharmic daily regimen suitable for tīrtha-life.
Morning worship of the devas, midday service to dvijas, and afternoon performance of one’s necessary tasks.