Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102
पशोर्यस्य च संबद्धा चर्मणा च शिवालये । नृभिर्या स्थापिता भेरी मृदंगमुरजादि च । स पशुः शिवसान्निध्यमाप्नोत्यत्र न संशयः
paśoryasya ca saṃbaddhā carmaṇā ca śivālaye | nṛbhiryā sthāpitā bherī mṛdaṃgamurajādi ca | sa paśuḥ śivasānnidhyamāpnotyatra na saṃśayaḥ
แม้สัตว์ที่หนังของมันถูกนำไปผูกประกอบเป็นเครื่องดนตรีในเทวสถานพระศิวะ—เช่น กลองภีรี มฤทังคะ มุรชะ เป็นต้น—สัตว์นั้นก็ได้บรรลุความใกล้ชิดพระศิวะ ณ ที่นี้; ข้อนี้ไม่ต้องสงสัย
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Artisans and devotees install a mṛdaṅga and muraja in the Kedāra temple; the drum-skin is shown as a symbolic link to an animal whose spirit rises toward Śiva’s luminous presence near the liṅga, indicating ‘Śiva-sānnidhya’.
FAQs
Association with Śiva’s worship sanctifies profoundly—so much that even indirect contributors are said to gain Śiva’s proximity.
The Śivālaya within Kedāra-kṣetra and its worship ecosystem (sound, instruments, service).
Installing and using temple instruments (bherī, mṛdaṅga, muraja) for Śiva’s worship; temple service is praised as highly meritorious.