Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
पिबन्गौरीकथाख्यानं विशेषगुणपूरितम् । कथं महेश्वरो नृत्यं चकार सुरसंवृतः
pibangaurīkathākhyānaṃ viśeṣaguṇapūritam | kathaṃ maheśvaro nṛtyaṃ cakāra surasaṃvṛtaḥ
جب وہ گوری کی حکایت—جو خاص فضائل سے لبریز تھی—گویا پی رہا تھا، تو دیوتاؤں کے حلقے میں گھرا ہوا مہیشور کیسے رقص کرنے لگا؟
Unspecified in snippet (questioner continuing the inquiry)
Listener: Śūdra (questioner)
Scene: A celestial assembly: Maheśvara in dynamic dance posture (tāṇḍava), surrounded by devas with folded hands and instruments; the narrative ‘drink’ motif shown as the listener absorbed in Gaurī’s virtues.
FAQs
Kathā-śravaṇa is transformative: divine narrative is portrayed as so potent that it moves even the Lord to ecstatic expression.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a lead-in within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
No formal ritual is stated; the implied practice is devoted listening to sacred kathā.