Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 381
दशम्या पुष्पपूजा च भक्तिपूजा तथैव च । पुष्पे चैव सदा लक्ष्मीर्वसत्येव निरंतरम्
daśamyā puṣpapūjā ca bhaktipūjā tathaiva ca | puṣpe caiva sadā lakṣmīrvasatyeva niraṃtaram
Pada hari Dasamī (hari ke-10 bulan qamari), hendaklah dilakukan pemujaan dengan bunga, dan juga pemujaan dengan bhakti. Sesungguhnya Dewi Lakṣmī senantiasa bersemayam terus-menerus di dalam bunga.
Contextual: Brahmā (if the Brahmā–Nārada discourse continues; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: On daśamī, devotees heap fresh blossoms before the deity; the air is perfumed, and Lakṣmī is envisioned as subtly present within the flowers’ radiance.
FAQs
Devotional worship, expressed through pure offerings like flowers, is portrayed as a seat of auspiciousness (Lakṣmī).
The verse is framed within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya milieu, but this line itself focuses on ritual observance rather than naming a single tirtha.
On Daśamī, perform puṣpa-pūjā (flower worship) and bhakti-pūjā (devotional worship).