Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
नारद उवाच तस्मात्तव सुतेयं या तामाराधयतु द्रुतम् । पञ्चपिण्डमया गौरीं यावत्संवत्सरं शुभाम्
nārada uvāca tasmāttava suteyaṃ yā tāmārādhayatu drutam | pañcapiṇḍamayā gaurīṃ yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ śubhām
Nārada nói: Vì thế, con gái của ngươi hãy mau chóng chí thành cầu khẩn (Gaurī) ấy. Hãy thờ phụng Gaurī cát tường, được nặn từ năm piṇḍa linh thiêng, trọn vẹn một năm.
Nārada
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Addressed to a parent/householder; within Śāṇḍilya’s remembered account)
Scene: Nārada instructs a household to have the daughter propitiate Gaurī in a special pañca-piṇḍa form, establishing a year-long vow; the scene is intimate—sage, mother, and the implied maiden devotee with a simple altar.
FAQs
Sincere, sustained worship of the Divine Mother (Gaurī) is presented as a dharmic remedy and a source of auspicious outcomes.
The instruction appears inside a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the verse focuses on the prescribed worship-form rather than naming the tīrtha.
A year-long ārādhana of Pañcapiṇḍa-mayī Gaurī (Gaurī made from five piṇḍas).