पंचवर्णध्वजं दद्याद्दामोदरगृहोपरि । तं तु प्रमाणवर्षाणि दिव्यानि स दिवं व्रजेत्
paṃcavarṇadhvajaṃ dadyāddāmodaragṛhopari | taṃ tu pramāṇavarṣāṇi divyāni sa divaṃ vrajet
ينبغي أن يُنصَبَ لواءٌ ذو خمسةِ ألوانٍ فوقَ بيتِ (معبدِ) دامودارا؛ وخلالَ مُدَّةٍ مقدَّرةٍ من السنينِ الإلهية يَذهَبُ إلى السماء.
Skanda (deduced from the instructional tone in the māhātmya)
Tirtha: Vastrāpathakṣetra (Dāmodara-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (rājan) in the dialogue-frame
Scene: A small coastal shrine-house of Dāmodara with a tall staff bearing a five-colored banner; devotees fastening cloth streamers while priests chant Vedic hymns; lamps and conch-sound in the background.
Honor shown to the deity’s abode—even through symbolic offerings like a temple-flag—bears powerful merit.
The Dāmodara shrine/temple within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa).
Offering/raising a five-colored dhvaja (banner) on top of Dāmodara’s temple.