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 et Sindhumalhārī suivent Naṭanārāyaṇa. Elles, en vérité, après s’être prosternées devant Giriśa, rendirent aussi hommage à Maheśa et à 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.