Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
एतस्मात्कारणाद्विप्राः प्रथमं पूज्यते सदा । गंधधूपाक्षतैर्वस्त्रैर्मोदकैस्तं प्रतर्पयेत्
etasmātkāraṇādviprāḥ prathamaṃ pūjyate sadā | gaṃdhadhūpākṣatairvastrairmodakaistaṃ pratarpayet
اسی سبب سے، اے برہمنو، اس کی پوجا ہمیشہ سب سے پہلے کی جاتی ہے۔ خوشبو، دھونی، اَکھت اناج، کپڑے اور مودکوں سے اسے راضی کرنا چاہیے۔
Narrator (addressing viprāḥ within the Purāṇic discourse)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (explicit: ‘viprāḥ’)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas are instructed that the obstacle-remover is always worshipped first; devotees offer fragrance, incense, akṣata, cloth, and modakas in a neat pūjā arrangement.
FAQs
Auspicious action begins with honoring the remover of obstacles; ordered worship protects one’s endeavors and aligns them with dharma.
Dvārakā, as the setting where worship-sequence and ritual norms are authoritatively taught.
Worship Gaṇanātha first and offer gandha (fragrance), dhūpa (incense), akṣata (unbroken grains), vastra (cloth), and modaka (sweet offering).