Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
संगीतस्य सवाद्यस्य तस्य लास्यस्यपुण्यतः । तत्रेशाग्रे कृतस्येह जागरे शिवरात्रिजे
saṃgītasya savādyasya tasya lāsyasyapuṇyataḥ | tatreśāgre kṛtasyeha jāgare śivarātrije
Durch das Verdienst jener Musik mit Instrumenten und jenes anmutigen Tanzes, der dort vor dem Herrn während der Nachtwache der Śivarātri vollzogen wurde—
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Śivarātri-jāgara at Ratneśvara (Kāśī)
Type: temple
Listener: Ṛṣi audience (frame)
Scene: A night-long Śivarātri vigil: rows of lamps, devotees seated in meditation, a small ensemble singing with vīṇā and drums, the dancer offering lasya before the liṅga; the Lord’s presence felt as a subtle radiance above the shrine.
FAQs
Worship offered with devotion—especially during Śivarātri vigil—generates powerful merit, even when expressed through sacred arts.
The setting is in Kāśī before the Lord (Īśa), in the continuing Ratneśvara-liṅga narrative.
Śivarātri jāgaraṇa (night vigil) is explicitly referenced, along with devotional performance before Śiva.