Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
अपरं नागरो योऽत्र त्वस्मिन्नहनि संस्थिते । प्रदक्षिणात्रयं कृत्वा तव दत्त्वा फलत्रयम्
aparaṃ nāgaro yo'tra tvasminnahani saṃsthite | pradakṣiṇātrayaṃ kṛtvā tava dattvā phalatrayam
“കൂടാതെ: ഇവിടെ ഉള്ള നാഗരനിവാസികളിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും ഈ ദിനത്തിൽ തന്നെ ഇവിടെ വന്ന് താമസിച്ച്—മൂന്നു പ്രദക്ഷിണം ചെയ്ത്, നിനക്ക് മൂന്നു ഫലങ്ങൾ അർപ്പിച്ച്—”
Dhārā (continuing her boon-request)
Tirtha: Dhārā-nāma-yukta Devī-prāsāda at Nāgara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Residents of Nāgara arrive on the festival day, circle the Devī temple three times, and place three fruits before the deity; the courtyard is lively yet orderly with lamps and garlands.
FAQs
Even simple offerings and reverent circumambulation at a sacred place carry powerful merit.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa shrine/tīrtha where Devī is worshiped and circumambulated (Adhyāya 169).
Perform three pradakṣiṇās and offer three fruits to the Goddess on the specified sacred day.