Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
ततो गौरी ददौ भोज्यपात्रं मोदकपूरितम् । पुत्रस्नेहात्स तत्प्राप्य लास्यमेवं तदाऽकरोत्
tato gaurī dadau bhojyapātraṃ modakapūritam | putrasnehātsa tatprāpya lāsyamevaṃ tadā'karot
பின்னர் கௌரி மோதகங்கள் நிரம்பிய உணவுப் பாத்திரத்தை அளித்தாள். தாயன்பால் அதை பெற்றவுடன் அவன் அப்போதே விளையாட்டுத் தனமான லாஸ்யம் ஆடினான்।
Narrator (within the Śiva-Pārvatī framed account)
Tirtha: Mahāvināyaka-sthāna at Arbuda (as narrated)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: Gaurī, compassionate and luminous, offers a bowl brimming with modakas; the child-deity receives it and breaks into a graceful, playful dance (lāsya).
FAQs
Divinity is approached through loving devotion (bhakti); offerings made with affection become spiritually potent.
The Arbuda sacred narrative setting; the verse chiefly supports Mahāvināyaka’s devotional culture rather than naming a tīrtha.
Offering modakas (naivedya) is implied as a beloved offering to Mahāvināyaka.