Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
तत्र शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां संस्नाप्य विधिना शिवम् । पूजयेद्विविधैः पुष्पैर्गंधधूपैरनु क्रमात् । स प्राप्नोत्यखिलं कामं मनसा यद्यदीप्सितम्
tatra śuklatrayodaśyāṃ saṃsnāpya vidhinā śivam | pūjayedvividhaiḥ puṣpairgaṃdhadhūpairanu kramāt | sa prāpnotyakhilaṃ kāmaṃ manasā yadyadīpsitam
तेथे शुक्लपक्षातील त्रयोदशीला विधिपूर्वक शिवाचे स्नान घालून, क्रमाने विविध पुष्पे, सुगंध व धूप यांनी पूजा करावी. तो मनात जे जे इच्छितो ते सर्व काम्य फळ प्राप्त करतो.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Citrāṅgadeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A bright-fortnight Trayodaśī worship: devotees bathe the liṅga with water/milk, then offer layered flowers, sandal paste, and incense; the atmosphere is fragrant and luminous, suggesting fulfillment of heartfelt wishes.
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Ritual performed with order and reverence at a holy site is portrayed as a means for both worldly fulfilment and spiritual uplift.
Citrāṅgadeśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
On śukla trayodaśī: abhiṣeka (ritual bathing) of Śiva followed by sequential worship with flowers, fragrance, and incense.