Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86
दामोदराग्रतः कृत्वा पर्वतानन्नसंभवान् । पूजितान्फलपुष्पैश्च दीपं दद्यात्सवर्त्तिकम्
dāmodarāgrataḥ kṛtvā parvatānannasaṃbhavān | pūjitānphalapuṣpaiśca dīpaṃ dadyātsavarttikam
ദാമോദരന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ അന്നംകൊണ്ട് ‘പർവ്വതങ്ങൾ’ രൂപപ്പെടുത്തി, ഫലപുഷ്പങ്ങളാൽ പൂജിച്ച്, തിരിയോടുകൂടിയ ദീപം അർപ്പിക്കണം।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)
Tirtha: Dāmodara-sthāna (within Vastrāpatha/Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before an image of Dāmodara, devotees arrange mound-like heaps of cooked food like miniature mountains, decorate with fruits and flowers, and place a bright oil lamp with a wick at the forefront.
FAQs
Devotional worship joined with generous offerings—food and light—becomes a potent means of spiritual upliftment.
Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa, where offerings before Dāmodara are taught as especially meritorious.
Creating heaps of food as an offering, worshipping with fruits/flowers, and giving a properly prepared lamp (dīpa) with wick.