Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29
रम्यं वितानं यो दद्याच्छत्रुभिर्नाभूयते । गीतं वाद्यं प्रनृत्यं च कृत्वा शुद्धो व्रजेत्स माम्
ramyaṃ vitānaṃ yo dadyācchatrubhirnābhūyate | gītaṃ vādyaṃ pranṛtyaṃ ca kṛtvā śuddho vrajetsa mām
مَن يَهَبُ مظلّةً جميلةً (فيتانَا) لا يَغلِبُه الأعداء. وإذا قدّم في العبادة الغناءَ والعزفَ والرقصَ قربانًا، تطهّر وبلغني.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) speaking to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara Khaṇḍa context; verse conveys the deity’s promise: 'mām')
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bright canopy is installed over the deity’s procession or sanctum entrance; musicians sing, instrumentalists play, dancers perform before the liṅga; the devotee is shown radiant and purified, moving toward the deity’s presence.
FAQs
Devotional service—material support and sacred arts—purifies the devotee and leads toward divine attainment.
No site is specified; the focus is on worship-service (sevā) and its fruits.
Donating a vitāna (canopy) and performing/arranging sacred singing, music, and dance as offerings.