Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
गत्वा संस्नापयेद्देवीं कुंकुमेन कुसुंभकैः । संछाद्य वस्त्रैः संपूज्य पुष्पैर्नानाविधै स्तथा
gatvā saṃsnāpayeddevīṃ kuṃkumena kusuṃbhakaiḥ | saṃchādya vastraiḥ saṃpūjya puṣpairnānāvidhai stathā
Dorthin gegangen, soll man die Göttin mit Kunkuma (Safran) und Kusumbha (Färberdistel) baden, sie dann mit Gewändern bedecken und sie mit vielerlei Blumen verehren.
Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Sāvitrī-āyatana (Dvārakā)
Type: temple
Scene: At Sāvitrī’s sanctum, devotees perform abhiṣeka with red-gold saffron and safflower, drape fresh garments, and heap multicolored flowers before the Goddess.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed through reverent service—abhiṣeka, offering garments, and floral worship—performed as devotion in action.
The Dvārakā sacred setting where the Devī is worshipped as part of the yātrā observances.
Abhiṣeka of the Devī with kumkuma and kusumbha, followed by vastra-offering and puṣpa-pūjā.