Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मघोषमहारावैरापूरितनभोंगणे । शुभे तिथौ शुभे लग्ने ताराचंद्रबलान्विते

Transliteration

brahmaghoṣamahārāvairāpūritanabhoṃgaṇe | śubhe tithau śubhe lagne tārācaṃdrabalānvite

Translation

Als das Himmelsgewölbe vom mächtigen Dröhnen vedischer Jubelrufe erfüllt war, wurde es an einem glückverheißenden Tithi, zu einer glückverheißenden Stunde vollzogen, gestärkt durch die Kraft günstiger Sterne und des Mondes.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मघोषमहारावैः: with Vedic chants and great roars
• ब्रह्मघोषमहारावैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मघोष (प्रातिपदिक) + महाराव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—ब्रह्मघोषैः च महारावैः च (Vedic chants and great roars)

• आपूरितनभोगणे: in the sky-region filled (with them)
• आपूरितनभोगणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + पूर् (धातु) + नभोगण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; समासः—नभोगण = नभसः गणः (sky-region); अर्थः ‘आपूरिते नभोगणे’ (in the sky-region filled)

• शुभे: on an auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (तिथौ इति पदेन सह)

• तिथौ: lunar day
• तिथौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• शुभे: at an auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (लग्ने इति पदेन सह)

• लग्ने: moment/ascendant (lagna)
• लग्ने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ताराचन्द्रबलान्विते: endowed with star- and moon-strength (favorable astrology)
• ताराचन्द्रबलान्विते: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तारा (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—ताराचन्द्रबलान्वित = तारा-चन्द्रयोः बलेन अन्वितः (endowed with the strength of stars and moon)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sky over Kāśī reverberating with Vedic chants; priests in rows reciting, smoke of incense rising; a ceremonial moment marked by astrologically auspicious symbols—moon, stars, and a highlighted lagna—over the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Moon (Candra)
• Stars (Tārā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma honors both sacred sound and sacred time—when mantra and auspicious timing align, a rite becomes powerfully beneficent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī remains the overarching sacred setting; the verse emphasizes auspicious timing rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ceremonies on a śubha tithi and śubha lagna, considering supportive tārā and candra bala, accompanied by brahma-ghoṣa (Vedic chanting).