Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75
हसतां गायतां क्वापि नृत्यतामथ धावताम् । जिघ्रतां पिबतां कामाद्गच्छतां प्रतिगर्जताम्
hasatāṃ gāyatāṃ kvāpi nṛtyatāmatha dhāvatām | jighratāṃ pibatāṃ kāmādgacchatāṃ pratigarjatām
كان منهم من يضحك، ومنهم من ينشد في موضعٍ ما، وآخرون يرقصون ثم يهرولون—منهم من يشمّ، ومنهم من يشرب على هواه—وآخرون يمضون قدماً يتنادون بصيحاتٍ متبادلة.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Purāṇic narrator style within Brāhma-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A surging pilgrimage crowd in many moods—laughing, singing, dancing, running, sniffing flowers or incense, drinking water—moving along a dusty road toward a distant Śiva shrine.
FAQs
It portrays the intense momentum of pilgrimage—worldly excitement still moves people toward a sacred destination.
Gokarṇa, approached as the seat of a Śiva-mandira (Śiva temple).
No direct rite is prescribed here; it is a descriptive scene of the traveling multitude.