Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । शृणुध्वं द्विजशार्दूला यथावत्कथयामि वः । स्नापयित्वा जगन्नाथं तथा गंधैर्विलिप्य च । पूजयित्वा तुलस्या तु भूषयित्वा च भूषणैः
śrīprahlāda uvāca | śṛṇudhvaṃ dvijaśārdūlā yathāvatkathayāmi vaḥ | snāpayitvā jagannāthaṃ tathā gaṃdhairvilipya ca | pūjayitvā tulasyā tu bhūṣayitvā ca bhūṣaṇaiḥ
Śrī Prahlāda dit : « Écoutez, ô brāhmanes, tigres parmi les deux-fois-nés ; je vous l’exposerai comme il convient. Après avoir baigné Jagannātha et l’avoir oint de parfums ; l’ayant vénéré avec la Tulasī et paré d’ornements… »
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomati-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-śārdūlas (eminent brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Prahlāda instructs a circle of brāhmaṇas; in the foreground a deity of Jagannātha/Puṇḍarīkākṣa is being bathed, anointed with sandal paste, offered tulasī, and adorned with ornaments; Gomati river glimmers nearby.
FAQs
Devotion becomes concrete through careful, loving service—bathing, anointing, and adorning the Lord with sanctified offerings.
The broader Dvārakā Māhātmya context continues; this verse itself emphasizes worship-vidhi rather than naming a new tīrtha.
Snāna of Jagannātha, anointing with fragrances, worship with Tulasī, and adorning with ornaments.