Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
जपहोमपराश्चान्ये ध्यानासक्तास्तथा परे । बलिनैवद्यदानैश्च गंधधूपैर्नराधिप
japahomaparāścānye dhyānāsaktāstathā pare | balinaivadyadānaiśca gaṃdhadhūpairnarādhipa
کچھ دوسرے جپ اور ہوم میں مشغول تھے، اور کچھ دھیان میں منہمک رہتے تھے۔ اور بَلی، نَیویدیہ، دان، خوشبو اور دھوپ کے ساتھ—اے نرادھپ—وہ عقیدت سے پوجا کرتے تھے۔
Narrator (addressing the listener as narādhipa, ‘O king’)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Narādhipa (king)
Scene: An altar scene: ascetics and devotees performing homa with ladles, others counting japa beads, some seated in meditation; offerings of bali and naivedya arranged; incense smoke curling; fragrant flowers and perfumes presented; a king addressed respectfully in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇic worship integrates inner practice (dhyāna, japa) with outer service (homa, offerings, charity).
The Arbuda sacred milieu where such worship and austerity are narrated as potent.
Japa, homa, bali, naivedya, dāna, and offering gandha (perfume) and dhūpa (incense).