Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 159
समंताद्दिव्यपुष्पैश्च तां देवीं समवाकिरन् । स्तुवंतो विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्नमंतो भक्तितत्पराः
samaṃtāddivyapuṣpaiśca tāṃ devīṃ samavākiran | stuvaṃto vividhaiḥ stotrairnamaṃto bhaktitatparāḥ
എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളിലും നിന്നു ദിവ്യപുഷ്പവൃഷ്ടി ചൊരിഞ്ഞ് അവർ ആ ദേവിയെ പുഷ്പങ്ങളാൽ മൂടി; നാനാവിധ സ്തോത്രങ്ങളാൽ സ്തുതിച്ച് ഭക്തിപൂർവ്വം നമസ്കരിച്ചു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra Devi-sannidhi
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas encircle the Goddess, raining divine blossoms from all directions; some sing hymns with folded hands, others bow low; the air is thick with petals and sacred sound.
FAQs
Victory culminates in gratitude: worship through praise, offerings, and humility is the dharmic response to divine grace.
Arbuda/Varaparvata, where celestial-style worship (flowers and hymns) models how devotees may honor the Goddess.
Flower-offering (puṣpārpaṇa/arcana), hymn-recitation (stotra), and prostration (namaskāra) are described as acts of devotion.