Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
दग्ध्वा धूपं पुरो देवि ततो देवस्य चागुरुम् । वस्त्रैः संपूजयेत्पश्चादात्मवित्तानुसारतः
dagdhvā dhūpaṃ puro devi tato devasya cāgurum | vastraiḥ saṃpūjayetpaścādātmavittānusārataḥ
हे देवी! पहले देव के सम्मुख धूप जलाकर, फिर भगवान को सुगंधित अगुरु अर्पित करे; उसके बाद अपनी सामर्थ्य के अनुसार वस्त्रों से पूजा करे।
Implied Īśvara (Śiva), addressing Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Before the deity, incense smoke curls upward; a second offering of aguru fragrance follows; then folded cloth is presented reverently, with the devotee’s modesty emphasized.
FAQs
True worship is both reverent and realistic—offer devotion with incense, fragrance, and cloth according to one’s capacity.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, in the context of Caṇḍīśa-related worship.
A pūjā sequence: offer dhūpa, then aguru fragrance, then worship with cloth-offerings proportionate to one’s means.
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