Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
धूपं च गुग्गुलुं दद्यान्नैवेद्यं भक्तमेव च । प्राशनं गोमयं प्रोक्तं सर्वपापविशुद्धये
dhūpaṃ ca gugguluṃ dadyānnaivedyaṃ bhaktameva ca | prāśanaṃ gomayaṃ proktaṃ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye
குக்குலு தூபத்தை அர்ப்பணித்து, நைவேத்யமாக சமைத்த அன்னத்தைச் செலுத்த வேண்டும். இங்கு ‘ப்ராசனம்’ எனக் கோமயம் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது; அது எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் நீக்கும் என உரைக்கப்படுகிறது।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya didactic style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual scene where guggulu smoke curls upward before the deity; a plate of bhakta (cooked rice) is offered; the officiant prepares a small, austere prāśana as part of purification.
FAQs
Purification (śuddhi) is pursued through disciplined, prescribed offerings and austere ritual observances.
The verse sits within a Tīrtha-māhātmya frame, but this specific śloka emphasizes monthly ritual prescription rather than naming a single site.
Offer guggulu as dhūpa, offer cooked rice as naivedya, and perform the stated prāśana for removal of sins.