Thanks for sharing...N sm more info on Mahananda:-
Mahananda, the prostitute, was a Siva devotee. She had a monkey and cock dance with Rudraksas on them. Once Siva assumed the form of a merchant, Vaisyanatha, and visited her house to test her. The merchant gave her a gem-set bangle and she promised to be his wife for three days. The merchant's Siva Linga was burnt in a fire, and he entered the pyre to test her. But Siva appeared and stopped her as she is about to jump into the fire. Siva takes Mahananda and her servants to Sivaloka.
N for more info on Mahananda,One can search in Shatrudra Sanhita,Chapter-26...