All these offer you the increased concentration and deeper going into the ONE deity you are worshipping NOW
dhuupa: agarbatti
diipa: light
naivedya: offer 5 to 21 variety of preparations
hastaprakshalana: wash hands
karodvarthana: apply water and gandha to hands
paniiya: drinking water
phalam or mahaaphalam: fruits (which symbolize all fruits of our actions
taambuula: paan for digestion
mangala aarati: wishing well and show aarati- asking for light of knowledge
pradakshiNaa: for removal of all sins of aeons
namaskaaram: total surrender
praarthana: prayers (here you say why you called and why you did the puuja)
kshamaapana: apoalogies for mistakes
braahmaNa suvaasini: represent living deities
visarjana puuja: leaving them
arghya pradaanam: offering arghya by those who fasted and those who came late or those like ladies of the house who could not participate in the puujas because of other works, can now get full merit by offering arghya which is equivalent to whole puuja.
Krishnarpanam: Offer all the pujas and their fruits back to the Lord.
All shlokas basically say what the subtitle means and with lot of various stuti or praise.
The shlokas also treat the deity as all powerful, and often narrate some portion of his/or her story or describe physical or other attributes.
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