Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तंत्रीभ्यो वाद्यमानाभ्यो ब्राह्मणाः पतिता भुवि । सप्त स्वरास्ते विख्याता मूर्च्छिताः षड्जकादयः
taṃtrībhyo vādyamānābhyo brāhmaṇāḥ patitā bhuvi | sapta svarāste vikhyātā mūrcchitāḥ ṣaḍjakādayaḥ
সেই তন্ত্রীগুলি ধ্বনিত হতেই ব্রাহ্মণেরা ভূমিতে পতিত হলেন। সেগুলিই ক্রমান্বয়ে ষড়জ প্রভৃতি সাত স্বর নামে প্রসিদ্ধ হল।
Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating)
Tirtha: Nāradeśvara (mythic authority via sapta-svara origin)
Type: kshetra
Scene: As Nārada plays, the vibrating strings emit overwhelming force; brāhmaṇas tumble to earth; from the resonances emerge the famed seven notes in ordered sequence beginning with Ṣaḍja.
FAQs
Sound (nāda) is treated as sacred and world-forming; Purāṇic lore links cultural arts to cosmic and dharmic origins.
The verse is part of the Nāradeśvara origin narrative within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, though it speaks broadly of cosmic events.
None; it provides an origin explanation (kathā) for the seven notes.