Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अप्सरोरगनागैश्च बहुभिस्तु समाकुलम् । केचित्स्तुवंति ईशं तु केचिन्नृत्यंति चाग्रतः
apsaroraganāgaiśca bahubhistu samākulam | kecitstuvaṃti īśaṃ tu kecinnṛtyaṃti cāgrataḥ
สถานที่นั้นแน่นขนัดด้วยอัปสรจำนวนมาก เหล่างูและนาคทั้งหลาย บางพวกสรรเสริญพระเป็นเจ้า บางพวกฟ้อนรำอยู่เบื้องพระพักตร์
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 luminous riverbank shrine-space crowded with apsarases and nāgas; some stand with folded hands singing hymns to Īśa, while others dance in semicircles before the unseen/enshrined Lord; the air feels perfumed and charged.
FAQs
True worship expresses itself as praise, devotion, and sacred celebration centered on the Lord.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a place where even celestial beings gather for Śiva’s worship.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights stuti (praise) and devotional dance as modes of worship.