Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
पुष्पपाटलया पूजा विधातव्या रवेर्नृप । नैवेद्ये सक्तवः प्रोक्ताः प्राशनं च घृतं स्मृतम्
puṣpapāṭalayā pūjā vidhātavyā ravernṛpa | naivedye saktavaḥ proktāḥ prāśanaṃ ca ghṛtaṃ smṛtam
Wahai Raja, pemujaan kepada Ravi (Dewa Surya) hendaklah dilakukan dengan bunga pāṭalā. Sebagai naivedya ditetapkan saktu (tepung bijirin sangai), dan pengambilan ritual diingat sebagai ghṛta (ghee).
Skanda (deduced; vocative nṛpa indicates instruction to a kingly listener in the narrative)
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A king stands with folded hands before a radiant Sūrya icon/maṇḍala; priests arrange pāṭalā blossoms, a bowl of saktu, and a small vessel of ghee for prāśana.
FAQs
Devotion becomes concrete through specific, traditional offerings—flowers, food, and disciplined intake—directed to the deity.
The verse praises a mode of Sūrya worship within the chapter; it does not explicitly name a tīrtha in this line.
Worship Ravi with pāṭalā flowers; offer saktu as naivedya; take ghee as the prescribed prāśana.