Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
यो गीतवाद्यनृत्यानामेकं मत्प्रीतये व्यधात् । तस्याग्रतो दिवारात्रं भवेत्तौर्यत्रिकं महत्
yo gītavādyanṛtyānāmekaṃ matprītaye vyadhāt | tasyāgrato divārātraṃ bhavettauryatrikaṃ mahat
ആരു എന്റെ പ്രീതിക്കായി ഗാനം, വാദ്യം, നൃത്തം—ഇവയിൽ ഒന്നെങ്കിലും ചെയ്യുമോ, അവന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ പകലും രാത്രിയും മഹത്തായ ത്രിവിധ തൗര്യോത്സവം മുഴങ്ങും.
Śiva (deduced from ‘mat-prītaye’ and continued first-person devotional framing)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya interlocutor(s) within Skanda Purāṇa frame
Scene: Before the sanctum, a devotee sings or plays a vīṇā while another performs a restrained devotional dance; unseen celestial musicians appear as a subtle aura, suggesting day-and-night ‘tourya-trika’.
FAQs
Devotional arts offered to Śiva are powerful worship; even one sincere performance becomes a source of continual auspiciousness.
Kāśī’s Śiva worship context, centered on Viśveśvara’s presence.
Performing singing, instrumental music, or dance as an offering (sevā) for the Lord’s pleasure.