Worship to god could be taken through many means their in life but great sages have prescribed a different mode of submission during the prayer which consist of five, ten or sixteen or 36 & many more offering [smarpan] from materialistic world to attain the blessings from the deity for whom prayer is being subjected on the pace of faith their in.
Sixteen fold equipped of worship consist as under while on way to prayer ___
1. Padya samarpayami, means offering water for washing lotus feet of the lord.
2. Arghya samarpayami, means offering water for washing hands of the lord.
3. Achmaniya samarpayami, means offering for sensing the mouth.
4. Snaniya samarpayami, means offering water for performing ablutions with.
5. Vastra samarpayami, means offering raiment.
6. Ornaments samarpayami, mean offering ornaments.
7. Gandha samarpayami, means offering sandal paste.
8. Puspa samarpayami, means offering flowers.
9. Dhup samarpayami, means offering burning incense.
10. Dipa samarpayami, means offering light.
11. Navedhya samarpayami, means offering sweets
12. Achmaniya samarpayami, water for sensing mouth.
13. Tambula samarpayami means betel leaves with other ingredient for cleansing & scenting mouth.
14. Singing samarpayami, glory of the lord.
15 Tarpan samarpayami, water for slaking thrust
16 Namaskarara samarpayami, means salutation.
The above stated is the version of saint & seers on the subject of prayer of any specific deity on the mode of materialistic wizard to attract his blessing for life on specific occasions.
May god bless all on the subject of true life as human.
Thanks please.
