Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 170
हन्त ते कीर्त्तयिष्यामि धूपदानविधिं परम् । प्रदानाद्देवदेवस्य येन धूपेन यत्फलम्
hanta te kīrttayiṣyāmi dhūpadānavidhiṃ param | pradānāddevadevasya yena dhūpena yatphalam
এখন আমি তোমাকে ধূপদানের পরম বিধি কীর্তন করব; দেবাধিদেবকে ধূপ অর্পণে যে ফল লাভ হয়, তাও বলব।
Unspecified (contextual narrator in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A priest begins the dhūpa-dāna: incense smoke curls upward before the liṅga, lamps flicker, devotees watch as the narrator announces the supreme method and its fruit.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma values properly performed worship; even a specific upacāra like incense has defined merit when offered correctly.
The instruction continues within the Arkasthala/Prabhāsakṣetra narrative context.
An introduction to dhūpa-dāna-vidhi: the correct method of offering incense to Devadeva and the resulting fruit.
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