Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तदा डमरुनिर्घोषव्याप्तमासीज्जगत्त्रयम् । भेरीभांकारशब्देन शंखानां निनदेन च

Transliteration

tadā ḍamarunirghoṣavyāptamāsījjagattrayam | bherībhāṃkāraśabdena śaṃkhānāṃ ninadena ca

Translation

حينئذٍ امتلأت العوالم الثلاثة بدويّ الدَمَرو، وبقرع طبول البِهيري، وبالرنين المجلجل لأصداف الشنخا المقدّسة.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• डमरु-निर्घोष-व्याप्तम्: pervaded by the sound of the ḍamaru-drum
• डमरु-निर्घोष-व्याप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: डमरु (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्घोष (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याप्त (कृदन्त; √व्याप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जगत्-त्रयम्: the three worlds
• जगत्-त्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भेरी-भांकार-शब्देन: by the sound of the kettle-drums
• भेरी-भांकार-शब्देन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेरी (प्रातिपदिक) + भांकार (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणवाचक (instrumental)

• शंखानाम्: of conches
• शंखानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• निनदेन: by the roar/sound
• निनदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणवाचक (instrumental)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi/audience in frame narrative (not specified in the given verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast Himalayan sacred landscape around Kedāra; the three worlds symbolically filled with the roar of ḍamaru, bherī, and conch-blasts as a divine procession begins.

Characters & Entities

• Ḍamaru
• Bherī (drums)
• Śaṅkha (conch)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sound marks divine presence—Śiva’s procession sanctifies the cosmos through mantra-like resonance and auspicious instruments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred environment, depicted as echoing with divine, world-filling auspicious sound.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse describes traditional auspicious instruments used in divine/temple processions.