Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
सर्वाः संपूजयिष्यामः सर्वकृत्येषु सादरम् । एतां चं तावकीं शक्तिं सदा सुरवरोत्तम । विशेषात्पूजयिष्यामः षष्ठ्यां श्रद्धासमन्विताः
sarvāḥ saṃpūjayiṣyāmaḥ sarvakṛtyeṣu sādaram | etāṃ caṃ tāvakīṃ śaktiṃ sadā suravarottama | viśeṣātpūjayiṣyāmaḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ śraddhāsamanvitāḥ
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Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas
Tirtha: Skandapura / Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Scene: A temple rite in progress: devotees worship Skanda and all deities, but on Ṣaṣṭhī they place special offerings to Skanda’s Śakti—depicted as the spear/vel on a pedestal—amid lamps, incense, and chanting.
FAQs
Faithful, scheduled worship—especially on sacred lunar days—intensifies devotion and anchors a tīrtha’s living tradition.
Skandapura/Camatkārapura, where Skanda’s Śakti receives special veneration.
Perform reverential worship in all rites, with special Śakti-pūjā on Ṣaṣṭhī (the sixth lunar day), done with śraddhā.