Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
मल्हारी सिन्धुमल्हारी नटनारायणानुगाः । एता हि गिरिशं नत्वा महेशं च महेश्वरीम्
malhārī sindhumalhārī naṭanārāyaṇānugāḥ | etā hi giriśaṃ natvā maheśaṃ ca maheśvarīm
Malhārī und Sindhumalhārī folgen Naṭanārāyaṇa. Sie, wahrlich, nachdem sie sich vor Giriśa verneigt hatten, verehrten auch Maheśa und Maheśvarī.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: Two rāgiṇīs—Malhārī and Sindhumalhārī—stand with musicians before a dancing Naṭanārāyaṇa icon; then the scene shifts to a reverent bow before Śiva (Giriśa) with Maheśvarī beside him, forming a concluding maṅgala tableau.
FAQs
True worship joins aesthetic offering with humility—first bowing, then serving Śiva together with Maheśvarī.
The immediate focus is on reverence to Śiva and Pārvatī within a tīrtha narrative; the verse itself does not specify the site-name.
The devotional act described is namaskāra (bowing) to Śiva and Maheśvarī; no further ritual rule is stated.