कस्मिन्मासे दिने चापि भवित्री लोकपूजिता । इत्युक्तोऽहं तया देवि तामवोचं पुनः प्रिये
kasminmāse dine cāpi bhavitrī lokapūjitā | ityukto'haṃ tayā devi tāmavocaṃ punaḥ priye
“میں کس مہینے اور کس دن لوگوں کی طرف سے پوجی جاؤں گی؟”—یوں اس نے، اے دیوی، مجھ سے پوچھا؛ تب میں نے، اے محبوبہ، اسے پھر جواب دیا۔
Skanda (deduced; first-person narration indicates the speaker within the frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as devi, priye)
Scene: A divine dialogue: Devī asks with curiosity about the month and day of her public worship; the narrator responds with calm authority, with Prabhāsa’s sacred landscape hinted in the background.
Sacred worship is anchored in time (māsa, tithi); divine grace is approached through correct calendrical observance.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where timing of worship and festivals is taught as part of the site’s māhātmya.
An inquiry into the specific month and day for a public festival/worship, answered in the next verse.