Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 91
पौषे मासे तु यो दद्याद्घृताढ्यं दीपमुत्तमम् । विधिवच्छ्रद्धया विप्र शृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम्
pauṣe māse tu yo dadyādghṛtāḍhyaṃ dīpamuttamam | vidhivacchraddhayā vipra śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam
पौष महिन्यात जो घृताने परिपूर्ण उत्तम दीप विधिपूर्वक श्रद्धेने दान करतो—हे विप्र, त्याचेही फळ ऐक।
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa framework)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā Pauṣa-dīpa-dāna (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: vipra (explicitly addressed)
Scene: A devotee offers a bright ghee lamp on the Sarayū bank in Pauṣa; the flame reflects on water; priests guide the rite; the atmosphere is solemn and luminous against winter dusk.
FAQs
Faithful, rule-based offerings (especially light offerings) in sacred time yield great spiritual results.
Ayodhyā, within the Ayodhyāmāhātmya’s Pauṣa-month observances.
Dīpa-dāna: offering a ghee-filled lamp during Pauṣa month, performed with śraddhā and proper procedure.