Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
यस्ताभ्यां कुरुते पूजां संप्राप्ते पंचमी दिने । फलैः सर्वेषु गात्रेषु यावत्संवत्सरं द्विजाः । सुतं प्राप्नोति सोऽभीष्टं स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्
yastābhyāṃ kurute pūjāṃ saṃprāpte paṃcamī dine | phalaiḥ sarveṣu gātreṣu yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ dvijāḥ | sutaṃ prāpnoti so'bhīṣṭaṃ svavaṃśoddharaṇakṣamam
హే ద్విజులారా! పంచమీ తిథి వచ్చినప్పుడు ఆ ఉమా-మహేశ్వరులకు పూజ చేసి, సంవత్సరమంతా ఫలాదులు సమర్పించువాడు, తన వంశోద్ధరణకు సమర్థమైన ఇష్టపుత్రుని పొందును.
Sūta (addressing the dvijas)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Scene: On Pañcamī, devotees offer baskets of fruits to Umā and Maheśvara; a calendar-like sequence suggests repeated monthly worship across a year; blessing of a child implied.
FAQs
Regular, time-marked devotion (Pañcamī) to the divine couple is praised as dharmic worship that brings household flourishing aligned with sacred duty.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where Umā-Maheśvara are established; the verse ties the site’s worship to concrete household blessings.
Perform pūjā to Umā and Maheśvara on Pañcamī, with fruit offerings sustained as an observance extending up to a year.