Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
ततो निशागमे प्राप्ते कृत्वा गौरीचतुष्टयम् । मृन्मयं यादृशं चैव तदिहैकमनाः शृणु
tato niśāgame prāpte kṛtvā gaurīcatuṣṭayam | mṛnmayaṃ yādṛśaṃ caiva tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu
Dann, wenn die Nacht herannaht, nachdem man die Vierheit der Gaurīs geformt hat, höre mit einpünktigem Geist, wie diese erdigen Gestalten anzufertigen sind.
Skanda (deduced)
Scene: Night descends; a devotee kneads clay by lamplight, shaping four small Gaurī figures on a clean altar; the scene is intimate, sacred, and craft-focused.
FAQs
Sacred practice requires both devotion and correct method—attention to prescribed form is itself an act of reverence.
Within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting, the emphasis is on the ritual performed in a pilgrimage-sacred context; the verse itself highlights the rite, not a named location.
At night, prepare four clay representations of Gaurī and follow the instructed method of making them.