Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
भूयोभूयः समभ्यर्च्य पत्रैः पुष्पैर्मनोरमैः । नृत्यं च विविधं कृत्वा प्रणनाम पुनःपुनः
bhūyobhūyaḥ samabhyarcya patraiḥ puṣpairmanoramaiḥ | nṛtyaṃ ca vividhaṃ kṛtvā praṇanāma punaḥpunaḥ
वह मनोहर पत्तों और पुष्पों से बार-बार अर्चना करता रहा; और नाना प्रकार के नृत्य करके बार-बार प्रणाम करता रहा।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)
Scene: Before Śiva, the devotee repeatedly offers fresh leaves and charming flowers, then performs a devotional dance with varied gestures, ending in repeated prostrations.
FAQs
Bhakti can be bodily and celebratory—through repeated worship, dance, and humble prostrations offered to Śiva.
No specific holy geography is named; the ‘mahatmya’ emphasis is on the greatness of heartfelt worship itself.
Arcana with leaves/flowers and repeated praṇāma are mentioned; devotional dance (nṛtya) is presented as an offering.