Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86
दामोदराग्रतः कृत्वा पर्वतानन्नसंभवान् । पूजितान्फलपुष्पैश्च दीपं दद्यात्सवर्त्तिकम्
dāmodarāgrataḥ kṛtvā parvatānannasaṃbhavān | pūjitānphalapuṣpaiśca dīpaṃ dadyātsavarttikam
In Dāmodaras Gegenwart, nachdem man aus Speise „Berge“ geformt und sie mit Früchten und Blumen verehrt hat, soll man eine Lampe samt Docht darbringen.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)
Tirtha: Dāmodara-sthāna (within Vastrāpatha/Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before an image of Dāmodara, devotees arrange mound-like heaps of cooked food like miniature mountains, decorate with fruits and flowers, and place a bright oil lamp with a wick at the forefront.
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Devotional worship joined with generous offerings—food and light—becomes a potent means of spiritual upliftment.
Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa, where offerings before Dāmodara are taught as especially meritorious.
Creating heaps of food as an offering, worshipping with fruits/flowers, and giving a properly prepared lamp (dīpa) with wick.