Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
द्वितीयादिवसे यस्त्वां महालक्ष्मीरिति ब्रुवन् । श्रीसूक्तेन सुभक्त्याऽथ देवि संपूजयिष्यति
dvitīyādivase yastvāṃ mahālakṣmīriti bruvan | śrīsūktena subhaktyā'tha devi saṃpūjayiṣyati
ഹേ ദേവി! രണ്ടാം ദിനം മുതൽ ‘മഹാലക്ഷ്മീ’ എന്നു ഉച്ചരിച്ച്, ശ്രീസൂക്തംകൊണ്ട് സുദ്ഭക്തിയോടെ നിന്നെ സമ്യകായി പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (and implicitly devotees)
Scene: A devotee on the second day of observance sits before the Devī’s shrine, chanting Śrīsūkta from a palm-leaf manuscript while offering lotus flowers and lamps; the atmosphere is orderly and vow-like.
FAQs
Right invocation (nāma) and right hymn (Śrīsūkta) joined with devotion constitute a complete act of worship that ripens into merit.
The instruction belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha framework; the site is implied by the chapter’s Māhātmya setting but not named here.
Perform full worship (saṃpūjā) while chanting/using the Śrīsūkta and uttering the name ‘Mahālakṣmī,’ specifically from the second day onward.