Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
सम्यग्गीतरहस्यज्ञा नितरां मधुरस्वरा । सप्तस्वरास्त्रयो ग्रामा मूर्च्छनास्त्वैकविंशतिः
samyaggītarahasyajñā nitarāṃ madhurasvarā | saptasvarāstrayo grāmā mūrcchanāstvaikaviṃśatiḥ
അവൾ ഗീതത്തിന്റെ രഹസ്യതത്ത്വങ്ങൾ നന്നായി അറിഞ്ഞവളും അത്യന്തം മധുരസ്വരയുമായിരുന്നു; സപ്തസ്വരങ്ങൾ, ത്രിഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ, ഏകവിംശതി മൂർച്ച്ഛനകൾ എല്ലാം അവൾക്കറിയാമായിരുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (kalā-prabhāva within kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The vulture-faced yet graceful girl singing with astonishing sweetness; visualized as seven svaras appearing as symbolic lotuses or notes around her, with three grāmas and twenty-one mūrcchanās depicted as concentric musical mandalas.
FAQs
The narrative links karmic destiny with refined qualities, portraying sacred contexts as nurturing higher skills like music and sweet speech.
Kāśī’s māhātmya backdrop continues, implicitly presenting the kṣetra as a seat of spiritual and cultural excellence.
None; this verse describes attributes and traditional music theory terms.