Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
एका च नृत्यकुशला त्वन्या गानविशारदा । अपरा वेणुवादज्ञा परा वीणाधराभवत्
ekā ca nṛtyakuśalā tvanyā gānaviśāradā | aparā veṇuvādajñā parā vīṇādharābhavat
ผู้หนึ่งชำนาญในนาฏศิลป์ อีกผู้หนึ่งเชี่ยวชาญการขับร้อง ผู้หนึ่งรู้การเป่าขลุ่ย ส่วนอีกผู้หนึ่งได้เป็นผู้ถือและบรรเลงวีณา
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.