Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
तत्र निर्गच्छतो नित्यं कुर्वतश्चप्रवेशनम् । प्रदक्षिणाभवद्देव्या नित्यमेव द्विजोत्तमाः
tatra nirgacchato nityaṃ kurvataścapraveśanam | pradakṣiṇābhavaddevyā nityameva dvijottamāḥ
Là, en sortant et en entrant chaque jour, ô meilleurs des brāhmaṇas, ce va-et-vient devenait sans cesse une pradakṣiṇā, une circumambulation de la Déesse.
Rājā (past-life narrative)
Tirtha: Devī-āyatana (name not specified)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A parrot repeatedly flies out from and returns to its nest along a path that circles the Devī sanctum, visually tracing a clockwise pradakṣiṇā; brāhmaṇas listen as the king narrates this marvel.
FAQs
Even unintentional or routine actions, when oriented around a sacred center, can become potent worship and generate puṇya.
A Devī temple precinct in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the emphasis is on the sanctity of the shrine’s circumambulatory space.
Regular pradakṣiṇā of the Goddess (moving around the deity/shrine) is the key practice implied.