Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
महाविभवसंपन्नां पूजां कृत्वा स मोदते । हर्षेण महताविष्टो नृत्यति स्तौति गायति
mahāvibhavasaṃpannāṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā sa modate | harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭo nṛtyati stauti gāyati
महान वैभव व अर्पणांनी युक्त अशी पूजा करून तो आनंदित होई; प्रचंड हर्षाने भरून नाचत, स्तुती करत आणि गात असे।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Scene: A festive shrine after grand worship: offerings piled, lamps blazing; the king, intoxicated with devotional joy, dances with raised arms while bards and attendants sing Śiva-stotras.
FAQs
True worship naturally flowers into joyful devotion—praise, song, and dance—showing bhakti as both reverence and inner transformation.
No tīrtha is named; the verse highlights the devotional culture surrounding Śiva-pūjā.
It implies elaborate pūjā (mahāvibhava) and devotional accompaniments such as stotra (praise) and kīrtana-like singing.