दीपदाने घृतं श्रेष्ठं नैवेद्ये मोदकः परम् । एतैस्तुष्यति देवेशः सांनिध्यं चाधिगच्छति
dīpadāne ghṛtaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ naivedye modakaḥ param | etaistuṣyati deveśaḥ sāṃnidhyaṃ cādhigacchati
دیپ دان کے لیے گھی سب سے افضل ہے، اور نَیویدیہ میں مودک سب سے برتر ہے۔ اِن سے دیوؤں کے ایشور خوش ہوتے ہیں اور بھکت کو اپنا سَانِّنِدھیہ (قربِ حضوری) عطا کرتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers a bright ghee lamp before the Lord, with a plate of modakas as naivedya; the deity’s presence is felt as a radiant aura filling the shrine.
The highest fruit of ritual is nearness to the divine—sānnidhya—won through sincere offerings made with purity and reverence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such offerings are said to quickly please the Deveśa and confer his presence.
Offer a ghee lamp (ghṛta-dīpa) and present modaka as naivedya to please the Deveśa and attain sānnidhya.