Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92
इदं विष्णुर्विचक्रमे मंत्रेणार्घ्यं प्रदापयेत् । वेदोसीति च मंत्रेण उपवीतं प्रदापयेत्
idaṃ viṣṇurvicakrame maṃtreṇārghyaṃ pradāpayet | vedosīti ca maṃtreṇa upavītaṃ pradāpayet
Avec le mantra « idaṃ viṣṇur vicakrame… », qu’on présente l’arghya. Et avec le mantra « vedosi… », qu’on offre le cordon sacré (upavīta).
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A priest presents arghya to Viṣṇu while a devotee holds a neatly folded upavīta; the Trivikrama stride is hinted in iconography or mural behind the altar.
FAQs
Pūjā links Purāṇic devotion with Vedic authority—mantra and symbolic offerings affirm dharma and sacred order.
Prabhāsakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
Offering arghya with “idaṃ viṣṇur vicakrame…” and offering the upavīta with “vedosi…”.