Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 124
किं तस्य न भवेल्लोके यश्चैभिश्चार्चयेद्रविम् । उपलिप्यालयं यस्तु कुर्यान्मंडलकं शुभम्
kiṃ tasya na bhavelloke yaścaibhiścārcayedravim | upalipyālayaṃ yastu kuryānmaṃḍalakaṃ śubham
जो या द्रव्यांनी रविचे अर्चन करतो, त्याला या लोकी काय अप्राप्य राहील? आणि जो आयतन लेपून शुद्ध करून शुभ मंडल रेखाटतो, त्याचे पुण्य निश्चित होते।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-āyatana)
Type: ghat
Scene: After plastering and purifying the shrine floor, a devotee draws a bright auspicious maṇḍala before the Sun’s image; offerings and lamps surround the design, sunlight streaming in.
FAQs
Right worship combines devotion with sacred order—cleaning, consecrating space, and offering with reverence brings worldly and spiritual fulfillment.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the section praising rites performed there for Ravi.
Worship Ravi with the praised offerings; plaster/clean the shrine (upalepa) and draw an auspicious ritual maṇḍala.