Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

पंचवाद्यप्रघोषेण ब्रह्मघोषेण भूयसा । योषिद्भिः संवृतास्तत्र गीतशब्देन भूयसा

Transliteration

paṃcavādyapraghoṣeṇa brahmaghoṣeṇa bhūyasā | yoṣidbhiḥ saṃvṛtāstatra gītaśabdena bhūyasā

Translation

هناك دوّى المكانُ بضجيجِ الأنواعِ الخمسةِ من الآلات، وبأعلى من ذلك بتلاواتِ الفيدا؛ وبينما النساءُ يحيطن بالمشهد، كان الموضعُ يرنّ مرارًا بأصواتِ الغناءِ المبارك.

Word by Word

• पञ्चवाद्यप्रघोषेण: with the loud sound of five instruments
• पञ्चवाद्यप्रघोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च+वाद्य+प्रघोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (पञ्चवाद्यानां प्रघोषः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मघोषेण: with sacred/vedic chanting
• ब्रह्मघोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म+घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मणः/वैदिकः घोषः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• भूयसा: abundantly / greatly
• भूयसा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनार्थक-विशेषण, ‘in greater measure’

• योषिद्भिः: by women
• योषिद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• संवृताः: surrounded
• संवृताः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘surrounded/covered’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• गीतशब्देन: with the sound of songs
• गीतशब्देन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत+शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गीतस्य शब्दः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• भूयसा: greatly / profusely
• भूयसा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in greater measure’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vibrant ritual scene: fivefold instruments sounding (drum, cymbals, conch, flute, lute-like vīṇā), Brahmins chanting Veda, women encircling and singing auspicious songs; the air visibly 'vibrates' with sound.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional celebration (utsava) becomes sacred when music and Vedic recitation are offered as worship to Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra/Kedārnātha) as described in the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction is given here; it describes festival worship through brahmaghoṣa (Vedic chant) and gīta (auspicious singing).