Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89
एवमुक्त्वा ततः साऽथ हर्षेण महताऽन्विता । योगिनीवृंदमध्यस्था नृत्यं चक्रे ततः परम्
evamuktvā tataḥ sā'tha harṣeṇa mahatā'nvitā | yoginīvṛṃdamadhyasthā nṛtyaṃ cakre tataḥ param
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം അവൾ മഹാഹർഷത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞു. യോഗിനീവൃന്ദത്തിന്റെ മദ്ധ്യേ നിലകൊണ്ട്, തുടർന്ന് അവൾ പരമ നൃത്തം ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous maiden-figure speaks, then bursts into joyous, sublime dance at the center of a circle of Yoginīs; their hair, garlands, and anklets move in rhythm; lamps and incense haze frame the scene.
FAQs
Devotional expression—here through sacred dance—becomes an offering that pleases divinity and empowers the tīrtha-centered rite.
The snippet sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (chapter 144), but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in these verses.
A ritual performance motif is introduced (dance among Yoginīs), preparing the ground for subsequent worship instructions.