Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
गन्धपुष्पादिभिस्तत्र भक्ष्यैर्भोज्यैः समोदकैः । चतुर्मुखं चतुर्थ्यां तु संपूज्य सिद्धिभाग्भवेत्
gandhapuṣpādibhistatra bhakṣyairbhojyaiḥ samodakaiḥ | caturmukhaṃ caturthyāṃ tu saṃpūjya siddhibhāgbhavet
Là, avec des parfums, des fleurs et autres offrandes—ainsi que des douceurs, des mets et des boissons—en vénérant Caturmukha, surtout au jour de Caturthī (le quatrième jour lunaire), on devient bénéficiaire de siddhi et d’accomplissement.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Caturmukha Vināyaka
Type: kshetra
Scene: A four-faced Vināyaka is worshipped with perfumes, garlands, sweets, cooked foods, and refreshing drinks on Caturthī; devotees arrange offerings in orderly rows, lamps flicker, and the deity’s four faces suggest omnidirectional guardianship.
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Right time (Caturthī) and right offerings, joined with devotion, are celebrated as means to siddhi—successful completion of dharmic aims.
The Caturmukha Vināyaka shrine-site within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
On Caturthī, worship Caturmukha Vināyaka with gandha, flowers, and food offerings (including modaka), to gain siddhi.