Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
भूयोभूयः समभ्यर्च्य पत्रैः पुष्पैर्मनोरमैः । नृत्यं च विविधं कृत्वा प्रणनाम पुनःपुनः
bhūyobhūyaḥ samabhyarcya patraiḥ puṣpairmanoramaiḥ | nṛtyaṃ ca vividhaṃ kṛtvā praṇanāma punaḥpunaḥ
அவன் மனம்கவரும் இலைகளாலும் மலர்களாலும் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் அர்ச்சனை செய்து; பலவகை நடனங்களை ஆடி, மீண்டும் மீண்டும் வணங்கினான்।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)
Scene: Before Śiva, the devotee repeatedly offers fresh leaves and charming flowers, then performs a devotional dance with varied gestures, ending in repeated prostrations.
FAQs
Bhakti can be bodily and celebratory—through repeated worship, dance, and humble prostrations offered to Śiva.
No specific holy geography is named; the ‘mahatmya’ emphasis is on the greatness of heartfelt worship itself.
Arcana with leaves/flowers and repeated praṇāma are mentioned; devotional dance (nṛtya) is presented as an offering.