Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
घृतेन दीपकं तत्र या नारी संप्रयच्छति । रक्तवर्त्त्या महादेवि यावत्तस्यैव तंतव
ghṛtena dīpakaṃ tatra yā nārī saṃprayacchati | raktavarttyā mahādevi yāvattasyaiva taṃtava
اے مہادیوی! جو عورت وہاں گھی سے بھرا چراغ، سرخ بتی کے ساتھ، نذر کرتی ہے—جب تک اسی بتی کے ریشے قائم رہیں…
Unclear from snippet (addressing Mahādevī; continues into next verse for result)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (lamp-offering locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A woman offers a ghee lamp with a vivid red wick before the deity; the flame becomes the narrative measure of merit, its wick-threads symbolizing time and continuity.
FAQs
Offering light (dīpa) symbolizes sustaining dharma and devotion; the text links this to enduring auspiciousness.
Prabhāsakṣetra, in the setting of Gaurī’s sacred locale.
Dīpa-dāna: offering a ghee lamp with a red wick at the holy place.