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
Chắp tay, nàng nói lời dịu ngọt, êm đềm: “Những món trang sức này do thiếp sắm sửa để dâng cúng, kính hiến lên Hari mang cờ Garuḍa. Hôm nay thiếp đã tắm gội và giữ trai giới trong ngày thánh của 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.