Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 130
विमानमारुह्य स दिव्यरूपधृक्स तुंबुरुः पार्श्वगतः स्वकांतया । गायन्महेशस्य गुणान्मनोरमाञ्जगाम कैवल्यपदं सनातनम्
vimānamāruhya sa divyarūpadhṛksa tuṃburuḥ pārśvagataḥ svakāṃtayā | gāyanmaheśasya guṇānmanoramāñjagāma kaivalyapadaṃ sanātanam
Naik ke vimāna surgawi, Tumburu yang bercahaya dengan rupa ilahi melangkah maju dengan kekasihnya di sisi. Sambil melagukan keutamaan Maheśa (Śiva) yang memesona, ia mencapai pada Kaivalya yang kekal—kebebasan rohani tertinggi.
Narrator (speaker not explicit in snippet; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: Tumburu, the celestial Gandharva, ascends a radiant vimāna with his beloved beside him, singing Maheśa’s glories; the chariot rises through luminous skies toward a serene, formless kaivalya-state suggested by dissolving light.
FAQs
Devotional praise (kīrtana) of Śiva’s qualities is presented as a direct means to attain liberation (kaivalya).
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on Śiva-bhakti through singing His guṇas.
No formal rite is prescribed; the implied practice is guṇa-kīrtana—singing/reciting the excellences of Maheśa.