Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
वैराटी सामवेरी च षड्भार्याः पंचमे मताः । भैरवी गुर्जरी चैव भाषा वेलागुली तथा
vairāṭī sāmaverī ca ṣaḍbhāryāḥ paṃcame matāḥ | bhairavī gurjarī caiva bhāṣā velāgulī tathā
ویراتی اور سامویری—یہ پانچویں گروہ کی چھ سنگنیاں مانی گئی ہیں؛ نیز بھیرَوی، گُرجری، بھاشا اور ویلاگُلی بھی ہیں۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A circle of six rāgiṇī-devīs as consorts, each with distinct attire and regional color (Gurjarī with Gujarati ornaments), surrounding a central Bhairava/Śiva icon; inscriptions of their names float like musical syllables.
FAQs
Devotional arts—especially sacred melody—are presented as legitimate offerings that honor Śiva within tīrtha-māhātmya.
The verse sits inside the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narration; the snippet itself focuses on the musical retinue rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.
No direct vow or bathing/charity rule is stated; it enumerates rāgiṇī-names as part of a ceremonial praise context.