Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
सामध्वनिसमायुक्तां तृतीयस्वरनादिताम् । अतीव मनसो रम्यां शिव भक्तिमिवोत्तमाम्
sāmadhvanisamāyuktāṃ tṛtīyasvaranāditām | atīva manaso ramyāṃ śiva bhaktimivottamām
وہ سام وید کے نغموں کی دھونی سے معمور تھا، تیسرے سُر کی گونج سے لبریز؛ دل کو بے حد بھلا لگنے والا—گویا خود شیو کی اعلیٰ ترین بھکتی ہو۔
Nārada (continuation of first-person narrative context)
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: A chorus of chanters seated in rows, mouths forming elongated sāman notes; the ‘third svara’ emphasized; the air visibly ‘vibrates’ with sacred resonance, evoking Śiva’s presence as pure devotion.
FAQs
Vedic sound and devotion converge: sacred chant becomes a direct expression of the highest Śiva-bhakti.
The same festival/tīrtha setting, portrayed as sanctified by Vedic Sāman resonance and Śaiva devotion.
No explicit injunction; it praises Sāma-dhvani (Sāmaveda chanting) as an ideal devotional offering.