Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
गीतवाद्यादिकं नृत्यं यस्तत्र कुरुते नरः । तस्यान्वये न दौर्भाग्यं भूयात्तस्याः प्रसादतः
gītavādyādikaṃ nṛtyaṃ yastatra kurute naraḥ | tasyānvaye na daurbhāgyaṃ bhūyāttasyāḥ prasādataḥ
Barang siapa menari di sana disertai nyanyian dan alat musik, maka berkat anugerah Sang Dewi, dalam garis keturunannya tidak akan timbul kemalangan.
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter-context; explicit speaker appears at Adhyāya 60 opening)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Devi-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In a temple courtyard at Prabhāsa, devotees perform dance with singers and instrumentalists before the Devi; the goddess’s grace is shown as a protective canopy over the performer’s family line.
FAQs
Devotional celebration (song, music, and dance) at a sacred tīrtha becomes a cause of divine grace that protects one’s family line from misfortune.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
Performing devotional dance with singing and instruments at the holy place as an offering of bhakti.