Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
श्रावणे तु कदंबेन पूजनं तीक्ष्णदीधितेः । नैवेद्ये मोदकाश्चैव तगरं धूप माददेत्
śrāvaṇe tu kadaṃbena pūjanaṃ tīkṣṇadīdhiteḥ | naivedye modakāścaiva tagaraṃ dhūpa mādadet
In the month of Śrāvaṇa, worship the sharp-rayed one (the Sun) with kadamba flowers. Offer modakas as naivedya, and use tagara as the incense.
Skanda (deduced from didactic sequence)
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Śrāvaṇa greenery surrounds a shrine; kadamba blossoms are heaped before a radiant Sūrya emblem; modakas on a platter; tagara incense sends pale fragrant smoke upward.
FAQs
Devotion follows sacred rhythms: each month is sanctified through its own fitting offerings to the deity.
This line does not name a tīrtha; it gives month-specific worship items within a tīrtha-centered discourse.
In Śrāvaṇa, worship the Sun with kadamba; offer modakas as naivedya and tagara as incense.
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