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
Au mois de Śrāvaṇa, vénère Celui aux rayons acérés (le Soleil) avec des fleurs de kadamba. Offre des modaka en naivedya, et prends le tagara pour encens.
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.