Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
ताः कृतांजलिना प्राह वल्गुवाक्यं मनोहरम् । मयायं भूषणस्तोम उद्दिश्य गरुडध्वजम् । कल्पितोऽद्य दिने स्नात्वा समुपोष्य दिने हरेः
tāḥ kṛtāṃjalinā prāha valguvākyaṃ manoharam | mayāyaṃ bhūṣaṇastoma uddiśya garuḍadhvajam | kalpito'dya dine snātvā samupoṣya dine hareḥ
Com as palmas unidas, ela lhes falou palavras doces e encantadoras: “Este conjunto de ornamentos foi por mim preparado como oferenda dedicada a Hari, o de estandarte de Garuḍa. Hoje, após o banho ritual, observei o jejum no dia sagrado de Hari…”
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Damayantī, palms joined, addresses the tapasvinīs with gentle speech, presenting a prepared set of ornaments as an offering dedicated to Hari of the Garuḍa-banner, after bathing and fasting.
FAQs
Acts of devotion become potent when joined with humility (añjali), ritual purity (snāna), and self-restraint (upavāsa), and then dedicated to Hari.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context, but no single tīrtha-name is explicitly stated in this shloka.
Bathing (snāna) and fasting (upavāsa) on Hari’s sacred day, followed by dedicatory offering (saṅkalpa) of gifts.