Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
दग्ध्वा धूपं पुरो देवि ततो देवस्य चागुरुम् । वस्त्रैः संपूजयेत्पश्चादात्मवित्तानुसारतः
dagdhvā dhūpaṃ puro devi tato devasya cāgurum | vastraiḥ saṃpūjayetpaścādātmavittānusārataḥ
O Göttin, nachdem man zuerst vor der Gottheit Dhūpa (Räucherwerk) dargebracht hat, soll man dem Herrn sodann duftendes Aguru opfern; danach soll man Ihn, den eigenen Mitteln entsprechend, mit Stoff- und Gewandgaben verehren.
Implied Īśvara (Śiva), addressing Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Before the deity, incense smoke curls upward; a second offering of aguru fragrance follows; then folded cloth is presented reverently, with the devotee’s modesty emphasized.
FAQs
True worship is both reverent and realistic—offer devotion with incense, fragrance, and cloth according to one’s capacity.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, in the context of Caṇḍīśa-related worship.
A pūjā sequence: offer dhūpa, then aguru fragrance, then worship with cloth-offerings proportionate to one’s means.