Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
कंठं पद्मदलाभाय शिरस्तेजोमयाय च । एवं संपूज्य विधिवद्धूपं कर्पूरमाददेत्
kaṃṭhaṃ padmadalābhāya śirastejomayāya ca | evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivaddhūpaṃ karpūramādadet
കണ്ഠം ‘പദ്മദലാഭ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ, ശിരസ് ‘തേജോമയ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പൂജിക്കണം. ഇങ്ങനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിച്ച് ശേഷം ധൂപം—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് കർപ്പൂരം—അർപ്പിക്കണം।
Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Skanda instructing a listener)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devotee raises incense; camphor smoke curls upward before the radiant Sūrya icon; the head region of the icon glows with emphasized halo.
FAQs
Purity and clarity of worship are symbolized by fragrant offerings like camphor, aligning the devotee’s inner light with the Sun’s radiance.
The broader chapter is within a tīrtha-māhātmya framework, but this verse itself does not specify the location.
After limb-wise worship, offer dhūpa—explicitly camphor incense—as part of the upacāra sequence.