Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
यो गीतवाद्यनृत्यानामेकं मत्प्रीतये व्यधात् । तस्याग्रतो दिवारात्रं भवेत्तौर्यत्रिकं महत्
yo gītavādyanṛtyānāmekaṃ matprītaye vyadhāt | tasyāgrato divārātraṃ bhavettauryatrikaṃ mahat
جو میری خوشنودی کے لیے گیت، ساز یا رقص میں سے کوئی ایک بھی ادا کرے، اس کے سامنے دن رات عظیم تین گونہ جشنِ موسیقی قائم رہتا ہے۔
Śiva (deduced from ‘mat-prītaye’ and continued first-person devotional framing)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya interlocutor(s) within Skanda Purāṇa frame
Scene: Before the sanctum, a devotee sings or plays a vīṇā while another performs a restrained devotional dance; unseen celestial musicians appear as a subtle aura, suggesting day-and-night ‘tourya-trika’.
FAQs
Devotional arts offered to Śiva are powerful worship; even one sincere performance becomes a source of continual auspiciousness.
Kāśī’s Śiva worship context, centered on Viśveśvara’s presence.
Performing singing, instrumental music, or dance as an offering (sevā) for the Lord’s pleasure.