Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
दिव्यैर्माल्यैः सुगन्धैश्च गन्धधूपैस्तथाऽक्षतैः । संपूज्य हृष्टमनसः साधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवन्
divyairmālyaiḥ sugandhaiśca gandhadhūpaistathā'kṣataiḥ | saṃpūjya hṛṣṭamanasaḥ sādhusādhviti cābruvan
ကောင်းကင်မှ မာလျာပန်းကုံးများ၊ မွှေးရနံ့များ၊ မွှေးသင်းသော မီးခိုးဓూపနှင့် မကွဲမပျက် အက္ခတ(ဆန်)တို့ဖြင့် ပြည့်စုံစွာ ပူဇော်ကာ၊ စိတ်ရွှင်လန်း၍ “သာဓု၊ သာဓု” ဟု ဆိုကြ၏။
Narrator within the Dvārakā Māhātmya (deduced)
Scene: Sages perform a full worship: fragrant garlands drape the honored figure; incense smoke curls upward; akṣata is offered; faces glow with joy as they proclaim ‘sādhu, sādhu’.
FAQs
Joyful, reverent worship of sacred presences (deity/river) is praised as a wholesome expression of dharma.
The Gomatī tīrtha context within Dvārakā Māhātmya, where the river is honored with formal offerings.
Pūjā using garlands (mālya), fragrances, incense (dhūpa), and akṣata (unbroken rice/grains).