Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76
वायवायाहि मन्त्रेण वायुं देवि सदार्चयेत् । यथाक्रममिमान्देवि सर्वान्वै पूजयेद्बुधः
vāyavāyāhi mantreṇa vāyuṃ devi sadārcayet | yathākramamimāndevi sarvānvai pūjayedbudhaḥ
हे देवी, “वायवायाहि…” मंत्राने वायुदेवाचे सदा अर्चन करावे. अशा रीतीने यथाक्रम सर्व देवतांचे पूजन बुद्धिमानाने करावे.
Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A wise pilgrim completes a circular worship sequence: offerings placed at multiple stations; Vāyu is visualized as swift, subtle, moving through banners and incense smoke, receiving flowers at a dedicated altar point.
FAQs
Dharma is practiced through order and completeness: worship becomes holistic when performed sequentially, honoring each divine function.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, framed as a mandala of worship where a full sequence of deities is honored.
Arcana to Vāyu with the “vāyav āyāhi” mantra, and then worship of all associated deities in the prescribed order.