Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
अथ यः कार्तिके मासि प्रासादस्योपरि द्विजाः । जलशाय्याख्यदेवस्य कलशे दीपकं ददेत् । पूर्वोक्तनियमानां च स षण्णां फलभाग्भवेत्
atha yaḥ kārtike māsi prāsādasyopari dvijāḥ | jalaśāyyākhyadevasya kalaśe dīpakaṃ dadet | pūrvoktaniyamānāṃ ca sa ṣaṇṇāṃ phalabhāgbhavet
À présent, ô deux-fois-nés : quiconque, au mois de Kārtika, dépose une lampe sur le kalaśa (vase faîtier) du sanctuaire du Dieu nommé Jalaśāyī, devient digne du fruit des six observances exposées plus haut.
Skanda (deduced)
FAQs
A single devotional act—offering a lamp to the temple-deity in Kārtika—can confer the merit of multiple austerities when done with faith.
A temple of the deity Jalaśāyī is implied within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha context; the verse glorifies the shrine-setting (prāsāda/kalaśa) as a locus of Kārtika merit.
Offer/place a dīpa (lamp) on the temple’s kalaśa of Jalaśāyī during Kārtika to gain the fruit of six prior niyamas.