हन्त ते कीर्त्तयिष्यामि धूपदानविधिं परम् । प्रदानाद्देवदेवस्य येन धूपेन यत्फलम्
hanta te kīrttayiṣyāmi dhūpadānavidhiṃ param | pradānāddevadevasya yena dhūpena yatphalam
اب سنو، میں تم سے دھوپ دان کی اعلیٰ ترین विधि بیان کرتا ہوں؛ دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا کو ایسی دھوپ پیش کرنے سے کیسا پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
Unspecified (contextual narrator in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A priest begins the dhūpa-dāna: incense smoke curls upward before the liṅga, lamps flicker, devotees watch as the narrator announces the supreme method and its fruit.
Purāṇic dharma values properly performed worship; even a specific upacāra like incense has defined merit when offered correctly.
The instruction continues within the Arkasthala/Prabhāsakṣetra narrative context.
An introduction to dhūpa-dāna-vidhi: the correct method of offering incense to Devadeva and the resulting fruit.