Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
गंधर्वोरगयक्षाणां सुवासिन्यः शुभस्वराः । गायंत्यो ललितं गीतं तत्राजग्मुरनेकशः
gaṃdharvoragayakṣāṇāṃ suvāsinyaḥ śubhasvarāḥ | gāyaṃtyo lalitaṃ gītaṃ tatrājagmuranekaśaḥ
وجاءت جماعات كثيرة من النساء المتزيّنات من الغندهرفا والناگا والياكشا؛ عذبات الصوت، مباركات النغمة، يترنّمن هناك بأغانٍ رقيقة.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sage-audience (implied)
Scene: Groups of celestial women—radiant, well-adorned—singing in flowing formation; their mouths mid-chant, hands in graceful mudrās; the air visibly ‘vibrant’ with music as they approach the sacred center.
FAQs
Sacred space is celebrated through nāda and stuti—devotional music becomes an offering that sanctifies the gathering in Kāśī.
Kāśī as the magnet for celestial communities who honor the holy realm with song.
No formal prescription; it highlights devotional singing as a reverential act in a sacred assembly.