Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
सात्त्विकी शक्तिरानंदा स्थिता तस्मिन्पुरे पुरा । पूजयेत्तां च वै राजन्कर्पूरारक्त चंदनैः
sāttvikī śaktirānaṃdā sthitā tasminpure purā | pūjayettāṃ ca vai rājankarpūrārakta caṃdanaiḥ
وہ ساتتوِک شکتی، آنندا، قدیم زمانے سے اس شہر میں قائم ہے۔ اے راجن! کافور اور سرخ چندن سے اس کی پوجا کرنی چاہیے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Ānandā-Devī kṣetra (Dharmāraṇyaka)
Type: kshetra
Listener: rājan (king)
Scene: Inside a Devī temple: the king (or devotee) offers camphor flame (ārati) and applies red sandal paste; the Devī icon is lion-mounted or enthroned, richly garlanded; the atmosphere is clean, luminous, and sāttvika.
FAQs
Pure devotion expressed through simple, sattvic offerings is endorsed as a direct means to honor the site’s presiding Śakti.
The city/settlement within the Dharmāraṇya sacred region where Ānandā Śakti is established.
Pūjā of Ānandā Śakti using karpūra (camphor) and rakta-candana (red sandalwood).