Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
यस्तु रात्रिदिनं विप्रो नृत्यगीतादिकं ददेत् । चतुरो वार्षिकान्मासान्स गन्धर्वत्वमाप्नुयात्
yastu rātridinaṃ vipro nṛtyagītādikaṃ dadet | caturo vārṣikānmāsānsa gandharvatvamāpnuyāt
لیکن وہ برہمن جو رات دن رقص، گیت اور اس جیسے فنون کا اہتمام کرتا رہے اور ہر سال چار مہینے یہ سیوا کرے، وہ گندھرو کی حالت/مرتبہ کو پہنچتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)
Tirtha: Cāturmāsya saṅgīta-nṛtya-dāna at Viṣṇu-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Brāhmaṇa patron arranges continuous kīrtana and dance in a temple for four months; musicians rotate day and night; at the culmination, a luminous Gandharva form is hinted above him with vīṇā.
FAQs
Sustained support of sacred worship and temple arts is praised as a powerful form of dāna that transforms one’s destiny.
A specific tirtha is not named; the practice is framed as ongoing service in a devotional setting over four sacred months.
For four months annually, continuously provide/arrange devotional dance and music offerings (nṛtya-gīta) as religious service.