Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
देवगिरी च देवाली मेघ रागानुगा इमा । त्रोटकी मीडकी चैव नरादुम्बी तथैव च
devagirī ca devālī megha rāgānugā imā | troṭakī mīḍakī caiva narādumbī tathaiva ca
Devagirī et Devālī — ces rāgiṇīs suivent le rāga Megha ; et l’on cite aussi Troṭakī, Mīḍakī et également Narādumbī.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A monsoon sky with dark clouds; Megha-rāga personified as a deity-musician; Devagirī and Devālī as two luminous rāgiṇīs with rain-garlands; other rāgiṇīs dance with peacock-feather fans; rivers swell near a temple.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames musical modes as devotional attendants, suggesting harmony and order as forms of worship.
The chapter belongs to a tīrtha-glorification section, but this verse is primarily a musical catalog rather than a geographical description.
No explicit prescription; it continues the descriptive listing of rāga-following rāgiṇīs.