Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
धर्माख्यानकथाभिश्च गीतध्वनिभिरेव च । पूर्वोक्तमंत्रैः संपूज्य अर्घं दत्त्वा विधानतः । संतर्प्य ब्राह्मणान्कामैर्जगाम निलयं निजम्
dharmākhyānakathābhiśca gītadhvanibhireva ca | pūrvoktamaṃtraiḥ saṃpūjya arghaṃ dattvā vidhānataḥ | saṃtarpya brāhmaṇānkāmairjagāma nilayaṃ nijam
Par des récitations de récits du dharma et par le seul retentissement des chants dévotionnels, il rendit un culte accompli (au liṅga) au moyen des mantras précédemment énoncés ; puis, selon le rite, il offrit l’arghya. Ayant comblé les brāhmaṇas des offrandes souhaitées, il retourna à sa demeure.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Type: temple
Scene: Inside the temple hall: priests chant mantras; the devotee offers arghya to the liṅga; nearby, storytellers recite dharma narratives; singers continue; afterward, brāhmaṇas are seated and served abundant food and gifts; the devotee departs peacefully.
FAQs
Devotion is completed by right worship and generosity—pūjā joined with dharma-discourse and feeding the worthy.
The liṅga-prāsāda established in the narrative is the focal sacred site where the Śivarātri rite is performed.
Pūjā with specified mantras, offering arghya according to vidhi, and satisfying brāhmaṇas with gifts/food (saṃtarpana).