Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
अत्र यो नागरो भक्त्या समागत्य तपस्विनि । प्रदक्षिणात्रयं कुर्याद्दत्त्वा मम फलत्रयम्
atra yo nāgaro bhaktyā samāgatya tapasvini | pradakṣiṇātrayaṃ kuryāddattvā mama phalatrayam
Hier, o Asketin: jeder Bewohner von Nāgara, der in Hingabe kommt und dreimal die heilige Umrundung vollzieht, indem er mir drei Früchte darbringt—
Devī
Tirtha: Dhārā (Devī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Tapasvinī (ascetic woman)
Scene: A Nāgara devotee arrives at the temple, carrying a small plate with three fruits; he/she performs three circumambulations around the sanctum while an ascetic woman observes, and the offering is placed before the deity.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through small, sincere offerings at a holy place is accepted and rewarded by the Goddess.
The shrine of Devī Dhārā in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting (Adhyāya 169).
Come with bhakti, do three circumambulations, and offer three fruits to the Goddess.