Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
एका च नृत्यकुशला त्वन्या गानविशारदा । अपरा वेणुवादज्ञा परा वीणाधराभवत्
ekā ca nṛtyakuśalā tvanyā gānaviśāradā | aparā veṇuvādajñā parā vīṇādharābhavat
ஒருத்தி நடனத்தில் தேர்ந்தவளானாள்; மற்றொருத்தி பாடலில் வல்லவளானாள். இன்னொருத்தி புல்லாங்குழல் வாசிப்பில் நிபுணை; மற்றொருத்தி வீணையைத் தாங்கி வாசிப்பவளானாள்.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: On a Kāśī ghāṭa at dusk: a dancer in graceful pose, a singer with hand-gesture, a flautist, and a vīṇā-player seated near a small Śiva shrine; lamps, incense, and river glow behind.
FAQs
Sacred Kāśī is portrayed as a place where refined arts flourish, suggesting that beauty and skill can harmonize with dharmic living.
Kāśī as the overarching holy kṣetra; no individual tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; the verse catalogs artistic skills.