प्रतिपूज्य विधानेन वस्त्रदानैः सकंचुकैः । कुङ्कुमेनानुलिप्तांगाः स्रग्दामभिरलंकृताः । गंधैर्धूपैश्च संपूज्य नालिकेरान्प्रदापयेत्
pratipūjya vidhānena vastradānaiḥ sakaṃcukaiḥ | kuṅkumenānuliptāṃgāḥ sragdāmabhiralaṃkṛtāḥ | gaṃdhairdhūpaiśca saṃpūjya nālikerānpradāpayet
مقررہ طریقے کے مطابق اُن کی تعظیم کرے—قمیصچہ/چولی سمیت کپڑے عطا کرے—کُنکُم سے اعضا پر لیپ کرے، ہار اور پھولوں کی لڑیوں سے آراستہ کرے؛ خوشبو اور دھونی سے پوجا کر کے پھر ناریل پیش کرے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual honoring scene: women guests are respectfully received; attendants offer folded garments with bodices, apply kuṅkuma, place garlands; incense and perfume are offered; coconuts are presented on trays.
Ritual giving is not merely material—it is reverent worship expressed through honor, adornment, and auspicious gifts.
These upacāras are taught within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya as part of its dharmic observance.
Honor the women with garments and bodices, apply kuṅkuma, adorn with garlands, worship with perfume and incense, and then give coconuts.
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