Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
भक्तिग्राह्यास्ततो देवास्तुष्टास्तस्य महात्मनः । तदहं वालुकाभिश्च पूजयामि हरप्रियाम्
bhaktigrāhyāstato devāstuṣṭāstasya mahātmanaḥ | tadahaṃ vālukābhiśca pūjayāmi harapriyām
Para dewa yang dapat diraih oleh bhakti pun berkenan kepada sang mahātmā itu. Maka aku juga memuja Dewi, Kekasih Hara, dengan persembahan pasir.
Unspecified narrator (devotee speaking within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Harapriyā-devī-sthāna (unnamed in verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee kneels on sand, forming a small sand-maṇḍala/linga-like mound or Devī-pīṭha, offering handfuls of sand with folded hands; a radiant Devī presence (Harapriyā) appears subtly, indicating acceptance.
FAQs
Devotion is the true offering; the divine accepts even the simplest substances when offered with faith.
The setting is a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter of Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the shloka emphasizes the principle of worship rather than naming the locale.
Pūjā of Harapriyā (the Goddess) using sand as the offering/substitute material.