Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छंति गीतं गायंत्यहर्निशम् । श्रुतावेव मनस्तेषां नाट्यशास्त्रकृतश्रमाः
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchaṃti gītaṃ gāyaṃtyaharniśam | śrutāveva manasteṣāṃ nāṭyaśāstrakṛtaśramāḥ
وہ برہمنوں کو اپنا گیت نذر کرتے ہیں اور دن رات گاتے رہتے ہیں۔ ان کا دل صرف سنی جانے والی نغمگی میں لگا رہتا ہے، اور ناٹیہ شاستر کی تعلیمات میں وہ محنت کرتے ہیں۔
Gaṇas (continuing explanation)
Listener: Unspecified in excerpt
Scene: Gandharvas sing continuously, offering their music to seated brāhmaṇas; manuscripts, rosaries, and ritual vessels appear; the performers show disciplined posture as if trained in śāstra.
FAQs
Skill and effort become dharmic when directed as service—here, offering music to brāhmaṇas.
No specific tirtha is named; the practice is described within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative setting.
A devotional-social practice is indicated: giving/performing gīta for brāhmaṇas (a form of seva/dāna).