Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
प्रक्षिपामि तत स्तोये ततो गच्छामि मन्दिरम् । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य भर्ता मे प्रस्थितः शुभः । देशांतरं वणिग्वृत्त्या सोऽपि मार्गं तमाश्रितः
prakṣipāmi tata stoye tato gacchāmi mandiram | kasyacittvatha kālasya bhartā me prasthitaḥ śubhaḥ | deśāṃtaraṃ vaṇigvṛttyā so'pi mārgaṃ tamāśritaḥ
ثم ألقيتُه في الماء، وبعد ذلك قصدتُ المعبد. وبعد زمنٍ ما، خرج زوجي المبارك في سفر؛ وبحرفةِ التاجر مضى إلى بلادٍ أخرى، سالكًا ذلك الطريق أيضًا.
Unspecified narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Type: ghat
Scene: The devotee gently immerses the clay offering into the water, then walks toward a small temple; later, her husband departs with merchant gear, taking a road that passes the same sacred spot.
FAQs
Daily acts of worship (offering to water, visiting the shrine) accompany worldly duties like trade and travel, integrating dharma with livelihood.
A mandira (shrine) and a water-body are referenced, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this verse alone.
Placing/immersing the worship-material into water and then going to the temple (mandira-gamana) is described as the devotee’s practice.