Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
यस्मिन्काले ह्यनावृष्टिर्जायते कृत्तिकासुत । स्नापयेद्विधिवन्मां च कलशैर्विविधैः शुभैः
yasminkāle hyanāvṛṣṭirjāyate kṛttikāsuta | snāpayedvidhivanmāṃ ca kalaśairvividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ
Oh hijo de las Kṛttikās, cuando sobrevenga la sequía, conforme al rito se debe bañar mi imagen con muchos kalaśas, vasijas de agua auspiciosas de diversas clases.
Kumāreśvara (Skanda/Kārttikeya) (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Kumāreśvara (temple context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed as ‘Kṛttikā-suta’ in the verse (speaker is likely another narrator addressing Skanda, but the instruction itself concerns worship of ‘mām’—the deity speaking). Contextually treated as Skanda’s self-instruction to devotees.
Scene: A drought-stricken landscape; devotees carry many decorated kalaśas; priests perform abhiṣeka over the deity image; clouds begin to gather as a sign of grace.
FAQs
Community distress like drought is met through dharmic ritual—devotional abhiṣeka performed with proper procedure.
The verse focuses on the Kumāreśvara cultic setting; the broader adhyāya situates it near the Mahī–Sāgara saṅgama.
Perform vidhivat snāpana/abhiṣeka of the deity using multiple auspicious kalaśas when drought occurs.