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
જે સુંદર વિતાન (છત્ર/છાવણી) દાન કરે છે, તે શત્રુઓથી પરાજિત થતો નથી; અને ગીત, વાદ્ય તથા નૃત્ય અર્પણ કરીને શુદ્ધ થઈ મને પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે.
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.