Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
नैवेद्यं रुचिरं दद्याद्वि ष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति । गीतवाद्यादिनृत्येन तथा पुस्तकवाचनैः
naivedyaṃ ruciraṃ dadyādvi ṣṇurme prīyatāmiti | gītavādyādinṛtyena tathā pustakavācanaiḥ
‘വിഷ്ണു എനിക്കു പ്രസന്നനാകട്ടെ’ എന്നു പ്രാർത്ഥിച്ച് രുചികരമായ നൈവേദ്യം അർപ്പിക്കണം; കൂടാതെ ഗാനം, വാദ്യം, നൃത്തം, പവിത്രഗ്രന്ഥവായന എന്നിവയാലും ആരാധിക്കണം.
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (temple worship with kīrtana and śāstra-pāṭha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before Viṣṇu’s altar, devotees present ornate naivedya trays; singers and musicians perform with mṛdaṅga and vīṇā; dancers move in measured steps; a learned reciter reads from a palm-leaf manuscript as lamps glow.
FAQs
Bhakti is expressed through both offerings (naivedya) and joyful devotional practices like song and scripture-recitation.
Dvārakā’s sacred worship-tradition as presented in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Offer naivedya to Viṣṇu and perform devotional singing, music, dance, and text-recitation.