Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 38
Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla
अत ऊर्ध्व॑ प्रवक्ष्यामि धूपदानविधे: फलम् | धूपांश्व विविधान् साधूनसाधूंक्ष निबोध मे,इसके बाद अब मैं धूपदानकी विधिका फल बताऊँगा। धूप भी अच्छे और बुरे कई तरहके होते हैं। उनका वर्णन मुझसे सुनो
ata ūrdhvaṁ pravakṣyāmi dhūpadānavidheḥ phalam | dhūpāṁś ca vividhān sādhūn asādhūṁś ca nibodha me ||
从此以后，我将宣说依仪轨供奉香的果报。你当从我处知晓：香有多种，有的清净吉祥、能生功德，有的则不净不善；我将分别说明其差别。
शुक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Śukra introduces a dharma-teaching: offerings are not automatically virtuous; their moral and spiritual outcome depends on the prescribed method (vidhi) and on discerning which forms are proper (sādhu) versus improper (asādhu).
Śukra begins a new section of instruction, announcing that he will explain the results (phala) of the ritual practice of incense-offering (dhūpadāna) and will classify different kinds of incense as beneficial or harmful in terms of dharmic consequence.