Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
आश्विनस्य सिते पक्षे संप्राप्ते नवमीदिने । उपवासपरा या मां निशीथे पूजयिष्यति । तस्याः सौभाग्यमत्युग्रं सर्वदा वै भविष्यति
āśvinasya site pakṣe saṃprāpte navamīdine | upavāsaparā yā māṃ niśīthe pūjayiṣyati | tasyāḥ saubhāgyamatyugraṃ sarvadā vai bhaviṣyati
ماہِ آشون کے شُکل پکش میں جب نوَمی تِتھی آئے، جو عورت روزہ میں لگن رکھ کر آدھی رات کو میری پوجا کرے، اس کا سہاگ ہمیشہ نہایت قوی رہے گا۔
Devī (continuing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Midnight on Āśvina śukla navamī: a fasting woman worships Devī by lamp-light; the shrine glows with intensified Śakti, promising ‘atyugra’ saubhāgya.
FAQs
Sacred time (tithi and month) combined with disciplined worship at a holy place is portrayed as greatly amplifying auspicious merit.
The Devi’s tīrtha described in Adhyāya 86 of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, where time-specific worship is praised.
Fasting and performing the Goddess’s pūjā at niśītha (midnight) on Āśvina-śukla Navamī.