Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
धर्माख्यानकथाभिश्च सलास्यैस्तांडवैस्तथा
dharmākhyānakathābhiśca salāsyaistāṃḍavaistathā
Et aussi par la récitation des récits du Dharma, avec des danses gracieuses, et de même avec des exécutions du tāṇḍava.
Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (deduced; continuation fragment)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A temple courtyard after worship: storytellers recite dharma narratives while dancers perform graceful nṛtya; a tāṇḍava performance evokes Śiva’s cosmic dance, with lamps and gathered pilgrims.
FAQs
Devotion may be expressed through sacred storytelling and disciplined artistic performance as offerings aligned with dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this fragment; it describes modes of Śivarātri observance.
Engage in dharma-kathā (religious narratives) and devotional dance forms (lāsya and tāṇḍava) as part of the observance.