Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
कुशोदकं च संप्राश्य कायशुद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । वैशाखे किंशुकैः पूजां यथावच्च घृताशनैः
kuśodakaṃ ca saṃprāśya kāyaśuddhimavāpnuyāt | vaiśākhe kiṃśukaiḥ pūjāṃ yathāvacca ghṛtāśanaiḥ
కుశతో సంస్కరించిన జలాన్ని ప్రాశన చేయుటవలన దేహశుద్ధి లభిస్తుంది। వైశాఖ మాసంలో కింశుక పుష్పాలతో పూజ చేసి, విధివిధానంగా ఘృతాశనము (నెయ్యి ప్రాశనము) చేయాలి।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya didactic style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee sips kuśa-infused water with cupped hand; later, in Vaiśākha, bright orange-red kiṃśuka flowers are offered at the shrine; ghee offerings are prepared nearby.
FAQs
Outer purity supports inner devotion; simple ritual acts (like kuśodaka) are framed as dharmic means to śuddhi.
This verse provides a ritual prescription within a Tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not name a particular tīrtha.
Sip kuśa-water for bodily purification; in Vaiśākha worship with kiṃśuka flowers and perform the ghee-based prāśana as prescribed.