Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
पुष्पैर्धूपैस्तथा गन्धैर्वस्त्रैः संपूज्य भक्तितः । गणानां त्वेति मन्त्रेण अर्घ्यं चास्मै निवेदयेत्
puṣpairdhūpaistathā gandhairvastraiḥ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ | gaṇānāṃ tveti mantreṇa arghyaṃ cāsmai nivedayet
പുഷ്പം, ധൂപം, സുഗന്ധം, വസ്ത്രം എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് ഭക്തിയോടെ സമ്യക് പൂജ ചെയ്ത്, ‘ഗണാനാം ത്വേ…’ എന്ന മന്ത്രത്തോടെ അവനു അർഘ്യം നിവേദിക്കണം।
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kapardin-Śiva at Prabhāsa
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: Inside or before a coastal Śiva shrine, the devotee performs full worship: offering flowers, incense smoke curling upward, fragrant paste, and a folded garment; then pours arghya from a vessel while chanting a gaṇa-invoking mantra.
FAQs
Devotion becomes complete when expressed through proper offerings and mantra-guided reverence.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where Śaiva worship is prescribed as especially meritorious.
Perform pūjā with flowers, incense, scents, and cloth; then offer arghya while reciting the “gaṇānāṃ tv…” mantra.