Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
सात्त्विकी शक्तिरानंदा स्थिता तस्मिन्पुरे पुरा । पूजयेत्तां च वै राजन्कर्पूरारक्त चंदनैः
sāttvikī śaktirānaṃdā sthitā tasminpure purā | pūjayettāṃ ca vai rājankarpūrārakta caṃdanaiḥ
សក្តិដ៏សាត្វវិក គឺអានន្ទា បានប្រតិស្ឋាននៅក្នុងទីក្រុងនោះតាំងពីបុរាណ។ ឱ ព្រះរាជា គួរបូជានាងដោយកាំភ័រ និងចន្ទន៍ក្រហម។
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Ānandā-Devī kṣetra (Dharmāraṇyaka)
Type: kshetra
Listener: rājan (king)
Scene: Inside a Devī temple: the king (or devotee) offers camphor flame (ārati) and applies red sandal paste; the Devī icon is lion-mounted or enthroned, richly garlanded; the atmosphere is clean, luminous, and sāttvika.
FAQs
Pure devotion expressed through simple, sattvic offerings is endorsed as a direct means to honor the site’s presiding Śakti.
The city/settlement within the Dharmāraṇya sacred region where Ānandā Śakti is established.
Pūjā of Ānandā Śakti using karpūra (camphor) and rakta-candana (red sandalwood).