Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69
शतपत्रिकया पूजा पौषे मासि रवेः स्मृता । सहजं धूपमादिष्टं नैवेद्ये शुष्कली तथा
śatapatrikayā pūjā pauṣe māsi raveḥ smṛtā | sahajaṃ dhūpamādiṣṭaṃ naivedye śuṣkalī tathā
पौष महिन्यात रविची शतपत्रिका (शतदल पुष्प) यांनी पूजा सांगितली आहे। सहज धूप अर्पावा आणि नैवेद्यात शुष्कलीही अर्पण करावी।
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee performs Sūrya-pūjā in winter (Pauṣa): a low altar with a Sūrya-maṇḍala or small icon, a garland/flower with many petals, thin curls of natural incense smoke, and a plate of śuṣkalī offered as naivedya; early morning light slants across the shrine.
FAQs
Right timing and right offerings—aligned with sacred months—strengthen vrata and yield purity.
This verse focuses on Pauṣa-month worship items; the tīrtha setting is broader than this single line.
In Pauṣa: worship Ravi with śatapatrikā, offer natural incense, and present śuṣkalī as naivedya.