Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
पंचम्यां शुक्लपक्षे तु मासि भाद्रपदे द्विजाः । यस्तान्पूजयते भक्त्या पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः । विधिनानेन विप्रेन्द्राः सर्वानेव यथाक्रमम्
paṃcamyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu māsi bhādrapade dvijāḥ | yastānpūjayate bhaktyā puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ | vidhinānena viprendrāḥ sarvāneva yathākramam
Wahai yang dua kali lahir: pada hari kelima paruh terang dalam bulan Bhādrapada, sesiapa yang memuja mereka dengan bhakti—dengan bunga, dupa dan minyak wangi—menurut tatacara yang ditetapkan ini, wahai brāhmaṇa yang utama, serta menghormati semuanya mengikut tertib—(akan memperoleh pahala yang disebutkan).
Narrative voice (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Saptarṣi-āśrama
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvi-jāḥ / viprendrāḥ
Scene: Bright-fortnight fifth day: devotees arrange flowers, incense, and sandal paste before seven honored seats/icons; each is worshiped in sequence; the hermitage glows with lamps and fragrant smoke.
FAQs
Devotional worship done on the right lunar day and performed in proper order is presented as especially efficacious in tīrtha-māhātmya.
The chapter’s tīrtha (immediately connected with the Saptarṣis in the following verses) is the ritual setting implied by “tatra/this method.”
On Bhādrapada bright-fortnight pañcamī, perform pūjā with flowers, incense, and unguents, honoring the recipients in the prescribed sequence.