Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119
प्रतिपूज्य विधानेन वस्त्रदानैः सकंचुकैः । कुङ्कुमेनानुलिप्तांगाः स्रग्दामभिरलंकृताः । गंधैर्धूपैश्च संपूज्य नालिकेरान्प्रदापयेत्
pratipūjya vidhānena vastradānaiḥ sakaṃcukaiḥ | kuṅkumenānuliptāṃgāḥ sragdāmabhiralaṃkṛtāḥ | gaṃdhairdhūpaiśca saṃpūjya nālikerānpradāpayet
വിധിപ്രകാരം അവരെ പ്രതിപൂജിച്ച്, കഞ്ചുകസഹിതം വസ്ത്രദാനം ചെയ്യണം; കുങ്കുമം പുരട്ടി, മാലകളും പുഷ്പദാമങ്ങളും ധരിപ്പിച്ച് അലങ്കരിക്കണം; ഗന്ധവും ധൂപവും കൊണ്ട് സമ്പൂജിച്ച് ശേഷം നാളികേരങ്ങൾ സമർപ്പിക്കണം।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual honoring scene: women guests are respectfully received; attendants offer folded garments with bodices, apply kuṅkuma, place garlands; incense and perfume are offered; coconuts are presented on trays.
FAQs
Ritual giving is not merely material—it is reverent worship expressed through honor, adornment, and auspicious gifts.
These upacāras are taught within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya as part of its dharmic observance.
Honor the women with garments and bodices, apply kuṅkuma, adorn with garlands, worship with perfume and incense, and then give coconuts.