Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
धूपयित्वा सुगंधैश्च यो धूपयति मानवः । मन्वंतराणि वसते तत्संख्यानि हरेर्गृहे
dhūpayitvā sugaṃdhaiśca yo dhūpayati mānavaḥ | manvaṃtarāṇi vasate tatsaṃkhyāni harergṛhe
जो मनुष्य सुगंधी धूपाने हरिला धूप अर्पित करतो, तो त्या अर्पणांच्या संख्येइतके मन्वंतर हरिच्या धामात वास करतो।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee waves fragrant incense before Hari; spirals of smoke rise like a silver river, filling the sanctum; the act is repeated, suggesting a count that reaches cosmic scale.
FAQs
Small devotional acts like offering incense yield vast, time-transcending rewards when performed for Hari with reverence.
Dvārakā, the sacred abode of Śrī Kṛṣṇa/Hari.
Dhūpa-sevā: offering fragrant incense as part of pūjā.