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
ചിലർ പുഷ്പവൃഷ്ടി ചൊരിഞ്ഞു; മറ്റുചിലർ മുഖവാദ്യങ്ങൾ ഊതി മുഴക്കി. ചിലർ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ ചിരിച്ചു; മറ്റുചിലർ ഉച്ചത്തിൽ ഗർജിച്ചു।
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.