Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

देवांगनासहस्राढ्यमप्सरोगीतिनादितम् । वीणावेणुनिनादाढ्यं वेदवादाभि नादितम्

Transliteration

devāṃganāsahasrāḍhyamapsarogītināditam | vīṇāveṇuninādāḍhyaṃ vedavādābhi nāditam

Translation

وكان الموضع غاصًّا بآلاف الحوريات السماويات، يرنّ فيه غناء الأبساراس؛ عامرًا بأصوات الفينا والناي، ومجلجلًا بتلاوات الفيدا.

Word by Word

• देवाङ्गना: divine maidens
• देवाङ्गना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवाङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपदत्वेन (genitive-relation as prior member), बहुवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग (semantic plural)

• सहस्र: a thousand
• सहस्र: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, संख्यावाचक (numeral), समासाङ्ग (as compound member)

• आढ्यम्: abounding in, rich with
• आढ्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with implied neuter 'स्थानम्/सभाम्/वस्तु')

• अप्सरः: apsarases
• अप्सरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपदत्वेन (genitive-relation as prior member), बहुवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग

• गीति: song, singing
• गीति: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (as compound member)

• नादितम्: resounded, made to sound
• नादितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नादित (कृदन्त; √नद्/नदति (धातु) caus./denom. sense)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वीणा: vīṇā (lute)
• वीणा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (as compound member)

• वेणु: flute
• वेणु: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (as compound member)

• निनाद: sound, resonance
• निनाद: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (as compound member)

• आढ्यम्: abounding in
• आढ्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वेद: Veda
• वेद: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (as compound member)

• वाद: recitation, utterance
• वाद: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (as compound member)

• अभि: towards, intensely
• अभि: Upasarga/Modifier (उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग (preverb/particle), here as compound member with √नद्-derived form

• नादितम्: resounded with
• नादितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नादित (कृदन्त; √नद् (धातु))
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta tradition)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacrificial hall throngs with celestial maidens; apsaras sing; vīṇā and flute weave melodies; Vedic reciters chant, filling the space with layered sacred sound.

Characters & Entities

• Apsarases
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even splendid Vedic ritual grandeur is incomplete if it lacks reverence for the supreme Lord who is the inner Self of yajña.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, using the yajña setting to teach sacred dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it describes the ambience of a Vedic sacrificial gathering.