Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छंति गीतं गायंत्यहर्निशम् । श्रुतावेव मनस्तेषां नाट्यशास्त्रकृतश्रमाः
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchaṃti gītaṃ gāyaṃtyaharniśam | śrutāveva manasteṣāṃ nāṭyaśāstrakṛtaśramāḥ
তারা ব্রাহ্মণদের কাছে তাদের গান নিবেদন করে এবং দিনরাত গায়। তাদের মন কেবল শ্রুতিতে (শোনা সুরে) নিবদ্ধ; নাট্যশাস্ত্রের বিধানে তারা পরিশ্রম করে।
Gaṇas (continuing explanation)
Listener: Unspecified in excerpt
Scene: Gandharvas sing continuously, offering their music to seated brāhmaṇas; manuscripts, rosaries, and ritual vessels appear; the performers show disciplined posture as if trained in śāstra.
FAQs
Skill and effort become dharmic when directed as service—here, offering music to brāhmaṇas.
No specific tirtha is named; the practice is described within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative setting.
A devotional-social practice is indicated: giving/performing gīta for brāhmaṇas (a form of seva/dāna).