Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
ततः प्रातः समुत्थाय नित्यं पश्यामि तं विभुम् । पूजयामि स्वशक्त्या च प्रणमामि ततः परम्
tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya nityaṃ paśyāmi taṃ vibhum | pūjayāmi svaśaktyā ca praṇamāmi tataḥ param
จากนั้น ข้าพเจ้าตื่นแต่เช้าทุกวัน เพื่อได้เฝ้าดูพระผู้เป็นเจ้าอันแผ่ซ่านทั่วสรรพสิ่ง; ข้าพเจ้าบูชาพระองค์ตามกำลังศรัทธา และแล้วก็นอบน้อมกราบไหว้ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า
Devotee/narrated first-person voice (speaker not explicitly named in the snippet)
Tirtha: Muṇḍīrasvāmin kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn, the devotee rises, enters the temple courtyard, beholds the Lord, performs modest offerings, and repeatedly bows with folded hands before the sanctum.
FAQs
Consistent daily devotion—darśana, pūjā, and praṇāma—performed within one’s means is upheld as true religious discipline.
The deity’s sannidhi previously mentioned (Muṇḍīrasvāmin’s sacred place) where daily darśana and worship are practiced.
Morning rising, daily darśana, pūjā according to capacity (svaśakti), and repeated praṇāma.