Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
सोमवारे शिवं गौरीं पूजयस्व समाहिता । उपोषिता वा सुस्नाता विरजाम्बरधारिणी
somavāre śivaṃ gaurīṃ pūjayasva samāhitā | upoṣitā vā susnātā virajāmbaradhāriṇī
सोमवार को एकाग्र चित्त से शिव और गौरी की पूजा करो—या तो उपवास करके, अथवा भली-भाँति स्नान कर निर्मल, निष्कलंक वस्त्र धारण करके।
Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A devotee on a Monday, freshly bathed, in spotless garments, offering flowers and water to a Śiva-liṅga with Gaurī present, mind composed and hands in worship.
FAQs
Devotion becomes effective through inner steadiness (samādhi-like attention) and outer purity (snāna, clean clothing, optional fasting).
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it teaches a vrata/ritual discipline centered on Monday worship of Śiva-Gaurī.
Somavāra pūjā of Śiva and Gaurī with mental focus, with either upavāsa (fasting) or proper bathing and clean garments.