Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
गन्धपुष्पोपहारेण नैवेद्यैर्विविधैरपि । गीतनृत्यैस्तथा वाद्यैर्मनोहारिभिरेव च
gandhapuṣpopahāreṇa naivedyairvividhairapi | gītanṛtyaistathā vādyairmanohāribhireva ca
خوشبو اور پھولوں کے نذرانوں سے، طرح طرح کے نَیویدیہ (خوراکی نذر) سے، اور دل موہ لینے والے گیت، رقص اور سازوں کے ساتھ اس نے پوجا کی۔
Narrator
Type: temple
Scene: A festive yet reverent worship scene: the goddess’s shrine adorned with flowers and perfumes; trays of naivedya; devotees singing, dancers performing, and musicians playing instruments before the sanctum.
FAQs
Devotion is expressed through both ritual offerings and refined arts; beauty offered to the Divine becomes a form of dharma.
The passage continues the kṣetra-centered praise within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, emphasizing worship performed at the sacred site.
Upacāras of Devī-pūjā: gandha, puṣpa, naivedya, and devotional performance (gīta-nṛtya-vādya).