Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
विचित्रैः सूक्ष्मवस्त्रैश्च देवः सम्पूज्य वेष्टितः । स्रग्दामलम्बमानैश्च बहुदीपसमुज्ज्वलैः
vicitraiḥ sūkṣmavastraiśca devaḥ sampūjya veṣṭitaḥ | sragdāmalambamānaiśca bahudīpasamujjvalaiḥ
دیوتا کو کامل طور پر پوج کر کے، باریک اور رنگا رنگ کپڑوں سے لپیٹ کر آراستہ کیا گیا؛ لٹکتی ہوئی مالاؤں اور بے شمار دیوں کی روشنی سے وہ جگمگا اٹھا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: Inside a sanctum: the deity newly dressed in delicate patterned cloth, garlands draped down the torso, and rows of oil lamps casting a golden halo across pillars and devotees’ faces.
FAQs
Beauty offered to the Divine—clothing, garlands, and light—becomes a form of reverence that purifies the heart.
Revā-khaṇḍa’s Śaiva sacred setting where such worship is extolled.
Adorn the deity with fine garments and garlands and illuminate the shrine with many lamps (dīpas).