Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

तारस्वरेण मधुरैर्वंशनादेन मिश्रितम्

Transliteration

tārasvareṇa madhurairvaṃśanādena miśritam

Translation

Es war durchwoben von süßen, hohen Tönen, vermischt mit dem melodischen Klang der Flöte.

Word by Word

• तारस्वरेण: with a high pitch
• तारस्वरेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तार + स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; समासः: कर्मधारय (तारः स्वरः = high pitch)

• मधुरैः: with sweet (tones)
• मधुरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit ‘स्वरैः/नादैः’ understood)

• वंशनादेन: with the sound of the flute
• वंशनादेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश + नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वंशस्य नादः = sound of the flute/bamboo)

• मिश्रितम्: mixed/blended
• मिश्रितम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मिश्र् (धातु) → मिश्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (पूर्वश्लोकस्थ ‘नर्तनम्’ वा ‘नादम्’ इत्यादि नपुंसकं प्रति विशेषणरूपेण)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within the Vyāsa–Yudhiṣṭhira dialogue frame of this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira addressed later as ‘nṛpātmaja’ in the sequence

Visual Art Cues

Scene: High, sweet notes rise and interweave with the flute’s melodious breath; the forest seems to listen as if every leaf were an ear.

Characters & Entities

• Vaṃśa (flute)
• Tāra-svara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sensory sweetness—especially sound—can intensify fascination, making discernment (viveka) essential for upholding Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred setting; the passage contributes to its māhātmya by portraying trials occurring in a sanctified landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of music (nāda) within the narrative.