Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
अथ ये तत्र मूर्खाः स्युर्न वेदपठने रताः । पुष्पदानं तु वक्तव्यं तैः संतुष्टैर्द्विजोत्तमैः
atha ye tatra mūrkhāḥ syurna vedapaṭhane ratāḥ | puṣpadānaṃ tu vaktavyaṃ taiḥ saṃtuṣṭairdvijottamaiḥ
Sekarang, jika di sana ada orang yang bodoh dan tidak tekun dalam pembacaan Veda, maka para Brahmana yang utama—setelah berkenan hati—hendaklah menasihati mereka supaya mempersembahkan sedekah bunga.
Viśvāmitra (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: A group of ordinary pilgrims, some unlearned, approach learned brāhmaṇas; after being satisfied, the brāhmaṇas instruct them to offer flowers—simple, fragrant devotion at a shrine or water’s edge.
FAQs
Even those without Vedic learning can participate in dharma at a tīrtha through simple, sincere offerings such as flowers.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya setting).
Puṣpa-dāna—offering flowers—as a recommended act for those not engaged in Vedic recitation.