Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
पुष्पैर्वृष्टिं तु मुञ्चंति मुखवाद्यानि चापरे । हसंति चापरे हृष्टा गर्जंति च तथापरे
puṣpairvṛṣṭiṃ tu muñcaṃti mukhavādyāni cāpare | hasaṃti cāpare hṛṣṭā garjaṃti ca tathāpare
ある者は花の雨を降らせ、ある者は口吹きの楽器を奏でた。ある者は歓喜して笑い、またある者は大音声で吼えた。
Śiva (deduced from first-person declarations in the same passage, vv. 11–13)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Devikā-taṭa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Umā
Scene: A shower of blossoms descends like rain over a riverbank shrine; musicians blow conch-like and flute-like mouth instruments; groups laugh in exhilaration while others roar in triumphant acclamation, filling the sky with sound and petals.
FAQs
Devotion naturally overflows into offerings, music, and joyful praise when the divine is present.
Prabhāsakṣetra, depicted as a supremely auspicious setting for Śiva’s worship.
Offering flowers and playing devotional music are shown as acts of pūjā, though not framed as a formal injunction.