Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 18
अर्घ्यपाद्यादिविधिना श्रद्धया तानपूजयन् । क्षणं विश्रम्य ते देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
arghyapādyādividhinā śraddhayā tānapūjayan | kṣaṇaṃ viśramya te devā brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ
শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে তেওঁলোকে অৰ্ঘ্য-পাদ্য আদি বিধি অনুসৰি তেওঁলোকক পূজা কৰিলে। তাৰ পাছত ব্ৰহ্মা, বিষ্ণু, শিৱ আদি সেই দেৱতাসকলে তাত এক ক্ষণ বিশ্ৰাম ল’লে।
Narrator
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (Harikṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees present arghya and pādya vessels to the assembled gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva—who pause and rest briefly in the sacred grove; ritual trays with flowers, lamps, and water pots are prominent.
FAQs
Faithful observance of pūjā-protocol sanctifies the encounter with the divine and embodies dharmic hospitality.
The worship occurs within Dharmāraṇya/Harikṣetra context, reinforcing the locale as a living theatre of divine visitation.
Pūjā with arghya and pādya—formal welcome offerings—is explicitly mentioned.