Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
प्रत्येकं चंदनादीनामिंद्रद्युम्न न चान्यथा । नानादेशसमुद्भूतैः सुवस्त्रैश्च सुकोमलैः
pratyekaṃ caṃdanādīnāmiṃdradyumna na cānyathā | nānādeśasamudbhūtaiḥ suvastraiśca sukomalaiḥ
يا إندراديومنَ—إنه لحقٌّ لا غير—فكلُّ تقدمةٍ من الصندل وما شابهه، وكلُّ إهداءٍ لثيابٍ ناعمةٍ رقيقةٍ جُلبت من أقاليم شتّى، تصير في دواركا عبادةً قائمةً بذاتها مفعمةً بالثواب.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indradyumna
Scene: A royal devotee presents separate offerings: sandal paste, saffron, and bundles of exquisitely soft garments from distant regions; priests arrange each as a distinct upacāra before Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā.
FAQs
Even simple upacāras—like sandalwood and good clothing—offered with devotion gain great merit when directed to Bhagavān in a sacred kṣetra.
Dvārakā, praised within the Dvārakā-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Offering sandalwood (candanādi) and presenting soft, fine garments as devotional upacāras.