Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93
तस्याग्रे श्रद्धया युक्तो दीपं दयाद्यथायथा । तथातथा भवेद्दृष्टिस्तस्य नित्यं सुनिर्मलाम्
tasyāgre śraddhayā yukto dīpaṃ dayādyathāyathā | tathātathā bhaveddṛṣṭistasya nityaṃ sunirmalām
ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ഒരാൾ അവന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും ദീപം അർപ്പിക്കുന്നതനുസരിച്ച്, അവന്റെ ദൃഷ്ടി നിത്യവും അത്യന്തം നിർമ്മലവും സുതാര്യവുമായി മാറുന്നു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: ghat
Listener: Raghuśreṣṭha/nṛpa (king)
Scene: A devotee stands before Dāmodara’s image, offering a bright lamp repeatedly; the lamp’s glow reflects in the devotee’s eyes, which become progressively clearer; the sanctum is calm, filled with warm light.
FAQs
Faithful lamp-offering purifies perception—outer sight and inner discernment—reflecting the devotee’s growing clarity.
The Dāmodara-associated tīrtha/temple locale in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, where dīpa-dāna is praised as especially fruitful.
Dīpa-dāna: offering a lamp before the deity with śraddhā, repeatedly/regularly.