Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्तु तं पूजयेद्देवि पंचम्यां फाल्गुने सिते । पञ्चोपचारविधिना जिताहारो जितेन्द्रियः
yastu taṃ pūjayeddevi paṃcamyāṃ phālgune site | pañcopacāravidhinā jitāhāro jitendriyaḥ
Wahai Dewi, sesiapa yang menyembah-Nya pada hari kelima bulan terang dalam bulan Phālguna—dengan tata cara lima persembahan (pañcopacāra)—mengekang makan dan menundukkan pancaindera, dialah yang melaksanakan laku suci yang terpuji.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ananteśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A devotee at Ananteśvara shrine on a bright Phālguna morning, offering five upacāras—gandha, puṣpa, dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya—while maintaining a restrained, meditative posture; priests and lamps, with seasonal blossoms.
FAQs
Worship bears fruit when joined with self-discipline—control of diet and senses—along with sincere ritual devotion.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, in the context of Ananteśvara’s glorification.
Worship on Phālguna bright-fortnight Pañcamī using pañcopacāra (five-offering) pūjā, undertaken with restraint.