Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
यस्तान्वसूञ्छुचिर्भूत्वा स्नात्वा धौतांबरो नरः । तर्पयित्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठान्पश्चात्संपूजयेन्नरः
yastānvasūñchucirbhūtvā snātvā dhautāṃbaro naraḥ | tarpayitvā dvijaśreṣṭhānpaścātsaṃpūjayennaraḥ
Người nào trở nên thanh tịnh, tắm gội và mặc y phục sạch, rồi dâng lễ tṛpaṇa làm thỏa lòng các brāhmaṇa tối thượng, sau đó chí thành phụng thờ trọn vẹn các vị Vasu ấy—đó là sự hành trì đúng pháp.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇa-śreṣṭha
Scene: A pilgrim at dawn completes snāna, changes into spotless garments, then respectfully offers water and gifts to seated brāhmaṇas; afterward he approaches a Vasu shrine/altar with lamps and offerings for full worship.
FAQs
Ritual purity and honoring dharma-bearers (brāhmaṇas) are presented as essential steps before deity worship in a tīrtha.
The ongoing rite belongs to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in this chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
Become pure, perform snāna, wear clean clothes, do tarpana/satisfaction offerings to brāhmaṇas, then perform complete worship of the Vasus.