Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
यावंत एव तालाः स्यु रागास्तावंत एव हि । इति गीतोपनिषदा प्रत्यहं सा शुभव्रता
yāvaṃta eva tālāḥ syu rāgāstāvaṃta eva hi | iti gītopaniṣadā pratyahaṃ sā śubhavratā
എത്ര താളങ്ങളുണ്ടോ അത്രയും രാഗങ്ങളും ഉണ്ടെന്നു ‘ഗീതോപനിഷദ്’ ഉപദേശിച്ചു; ആ ശുഭവ്രതയായ സ്ത്രീ ദിനംപ്രതി അതു അഭ്യസിച്ചു.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devoted woman, instructed by a ‘Gītopaniṣad’, practices daily—counting tāla with fingers while singing a rāga as an offering before a Śiva symbol.
FAQs
Devotion is sustained through disciplined daily practice; sacred sound (music/rhythm) becomes a vehicle for steadfast worship.
The setting is Kāśī; the chapter’s devotional arc centers on Śiva’s Oṃkāra-liṅga within Kāśī’s sacred landscape.
A pratyaha (daily) observance is implied—regular devotional practice grounded in sacred sound/teaching.