Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
जातिपुष्पैः समभ्यर्च्य नैवेद्ये मोदकान्न्यसेत् । रक्तवस्त्रेण संछाद्य अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा ततः परम्
jātipuṣpaiḥ samabhyarcya naivedye modakānnyaset | raktavastreṇa saṃchādya arghyaṃ dattvā tataḥ param
وبعد أن تُؤدَّى العبادةُ على وجهها بزهور الياسمين، تُوضَع حلوى المُودَكا قربانًا للطعام؛ ثم تُغطّى (الصورة المقدّسة) بثوبٍ أحمر، وبعد ذلك يُقدَّم الأَرْغْيَا.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The deity is worshipped with jasmine garlands; a plate of modakas is placed as naivedya; the icon is draped in a red cloth; the devotee raises a vessel to offer arghya.
FAQs
Reverence is expressed through beauty, sweetness, and honor—flowers, naivedya, and arghya offered in due order.
The verse functions as pūjā-vidhi within the Tīrthamāhātmya; it does not name a particular tīrtha here.
Offer jasmine flowers, modaka naivedya, cover with a red cloth, and then offer arghya.