Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
ततो मध्याह्नसमये स्नात्वा धौतांबरः शुचिः । जलशायिनमासाद्य मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत्
tato madhyāhnasamaye snātvā dhautāṃbaraḥ śuciḥ | jalaśāyinamāsādya maṃtreṇānena pūjayet
मग मध्यान्हकाळी स्नान करून, धुतलेले वस्त्र परिधान करून, शुचिर्भूत होऊन, जलावर शयन करणाऱ्या प्रभूजवळ जाऊन या मंत्राने पूजन करावे।
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Type: ghat
Listener: Viprāḥ / brāhmaṇa audience
Scene: At midday, a devotee emerges from a river/kuṇḍa after bathing, dressed in spotless cloth, walking toward a shrine where Viṣṇu as Jalāśayī reclines; offerings and a mantra scroll are prepared.
FAQs
External cleanliness supports inner devotion; worship becomes potent when performed with śauca (purity).
The passage is within a tīrtha-glorification chapter, but this verse itself describes pūjā procedure rather than a named site.
Bathe at midday, wear clean clothes, approach Jalāśayī (Viṣṇu) and worship using the prescribed mantra.