Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
धूपदानेन सौगंध्यं कांतिर्दीपप्रदानतः । नैवेद्यैश्च महाभोगो लक्ष्मीस्तांबूलदानतः
dhūpadānena saugaṃdhyaṃ kāṃtirdīpapradānataḥ | naivedyaiśca mahābhogo lakṣmīstāṃbūladānataḥ
ધૂપદાનથી સુગંધિ મળે છે; દીપદાનથી કાંતિ પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે. નૈવેદ્યથી મહાભોગ મળે છે અને તાંબૂલદાનથી લક્ષ્મી—સમૃદ્ધિ—પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.
Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Incense smoke curls before the deity; rows of oil lamps glow; naivedya plates are offered; a tāmbūla tray with betel leaves and areca nut is presented.
FAQs
Devotion is made tangible through offerings; the Purāṇa teaches that sacred giving refines one’s life with splendor, abundance, and prosperity.
No location is named; it is a general statement of pūjā and dāna fruits.
Offer dhūpa (incense), dīpa (lamp), naivedya (food), and give tāmbūla (betel).