Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90
एवं बभूव सा तत्र योगिनी च वरांगना । तथा चक्रे परं नृत्यं यथा तुष्टो महेश्वरः
evaṃ babhūva sā tatra yoginī ca varāṃganā | tathā cakre paraṃ nṛtyaṃ yathā tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ അവൾ അവിടെ യോഗിനിയായും ശ്രേഷ്ഠയായ യുവതിയായും പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. അവൾ ചെയ്ത പരമ നൃത്തം മൂലം മഹേശ്വരൻ പ്രസന്നനായി.
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Yoginī appears both fierce-sacred and exquisitely beautiful (varāṅganā), dancing with cosmic poise; Maheśvara watches, visibly pleased, while Yoginīs encircle like a living maṇḍala.
FAQs
When devotion is performed with excellence and inner joy, it becomes capable of pleasing Śiva, the lord of the sacred field.
The passage belongs to a tīrtha-glorification chapter (Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 144), but the exact site name is not given in this excerpt.
The verse highlights an exemplary devotional act (supreme dance) as a pleasing offering to Maheśvara.