Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
घृतेन तं तु संस्नाप्य विधिना वै समर्चयेत् । हेम दद्याच्च विप्रेंद्र सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः
ghṛtena taṃ tu saṃsnāpya vidhinā vai samarcayet | hema dadyācca vipreṃdra samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ
घृतेन तं संस्नाप्य विधिना समर्चयेत्; विप्रेन्द्र, सम्यक् श्रद्धासमन्वितः हेम च दद्यात्।
Īśvara (Śiva) (addressing Devī; “viprendra” indicates instruction framed for ritual practitioners)
Tirtha: Vaiśvānareśvara/Vahnīśa
Type: temple
Listener: Viprendra (addressed: ‘O best of brāhmaṇas’)
Scene: Priest and devotee perform ghṛta-abhiṣeka over a fire-aura liṅga or Agni-emblem at Vaiśvānareśvara; golden vessels, flowing ghee, then offering of gold to a venerable brāhmaṇa.
FAQs
Ritual purity joined with śraddhā and dāna completes worship, transforming devotion into dharma and merit.
Prabhāsakṣetra—worship of Vaiśvānareśvara/Vahnīśa is being ritually specified.
Ghṛta-snāna/abhiṣeka (bathing with ghee), proper worship (vidhi), and hema-dāna (donation of gold) with faith.