Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
तत्र गीतं प्रशंसंति नृत्यं चैव पृथग्विधम् । देवस्य पुरतः प्राज्ञाः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः
tatra gītaṃ praśaṃsaṃti nṛtyaṃ caiva pṛthagvidham | devasya purataḥ prājñāḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ
அங்கே தேவனின் முன்னிலையில், எல்லா சாஸ்திரங்களிலும் தேர்ந்த ஞானிகள் புனிதப் பாடலைப் போற்றி, பலவகை நடனங்களை நிகழ்த்துகின்றனர்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed as brāhmaṇottamāḥ)
Scene: A temple forecourt before the deity: learned brāhmaṇas and devotees perform sacred song and varied dances as offerings; lamps, banners, and musicians frame the sanctum.
FAQs
Refined devotional arts—song and dance—become offerings when performed before the deity with reverence.
The ongoing Kedāra-tīrtha setting where worship is performed in the deity’s presence.
Offering or approving gīta (devotional singing) and nṛtya (devotional dance) as forms of worship before the deity.