Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
इति श्रुत्वा वचः पत्न्याः पूर्णभद्रः स यक्षराट् । आराध्य श्रीमहादेवं गीतज्ञो गीतविद्यया
iti śrutvā vacaḥ patnyāḥ pūrṇabhadraḥ sa yakṣarāṭ | ārādhya śrīmahādevaṃ gītajño gītavidyayā
Pagkarinig sa mga salita ng kanyang asawa, si Pūrṇabhadra—ang hari ng mga Yakṣa—ay sumamba kay Śrī Mahādeva, bihasa sa banal na awit at sa pagsamba sa pamamagitan ng kaalamang-himno.
Skanda (narrative voice, as per Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pūrṇabhadra, the yakṣa king, stands before a Śiva shrine, singing hymns with trained musicians; lamps, incense, and a reverent courtly atmosphere.
FAQs
Devotional worship—especially hymn-based praise—directed to Mahādeva is upheld as effective sādhana.
The setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where Śiva-worship is portrayed as swiftly fruitful.
Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Mahādeva through gīta/stotra (hymnic worship) is indicated.