Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
यस्तु रात्रिदिनं विप्रो नृत्यगीतादिकं ददेत् । चतुरो वार्षिकान्मासान्स गन्धर्वत्वमाप्नुयात्
yastu rātridinaṃ vipro nṛtyagītādikaṃ dadet | caturo vārṣikānmāsānsa gandharvatvamāpnuyāt
जो ब्राह्मण दरवर्षी चार महिने रात्रंदिवस नृत्य-गीत इत्यादीची व्यवस्था/अर्पण करतो, तो गंधर्वत्व प्राप्त करतो।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)
Tirtha: Cāturmāsya saṅgīta-nṛtya-dāna at Viṣṇu-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Brāhmaṇa patron arranges continuous kīrtana and dance in a temple for four months; musicians rotate day and night; at the culmination, a luminous Gandharva form is hinted above him with vīṇā.
FAQs
Sustained support of sacred worship and temple arts is praised as a powerful form of dāna that transforms one’s destiny.
A specific tirtha is not named; the practice is framed as ongoing service in a devotional setting over four sacred months.
For four months annually, continuously provide/arrange devotional dance and music offerings (nṛtya-gīta) as religious service.