Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

निनादो दिव्यवाद्यानां रोदसी पर्यपूरयत् । गीतमंगलगीर्भिश्च चारणैरनुवर्धितः

Transliteration

ninādo divyavādyānāṃ rodasī paryapūrayat | gītamaṃgalagīrbhiśca cāraṇairanuvardhitaḥ

Translation

Das Dröhnen der himmlischen Instrumente erfüllte Himmel und Erde; und es schwoll noch an durch gesungene Segensworte und glückverheißende Lieder, von den Cāraṇas verstärkt—und machte den Augenblick zum Fest der Welten.

Word by Word

• ninādaḥ: sound; roar
• ninādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nināda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• divya-vādyānām: of the divine instruments
• divya-vādyānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + vādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (divyāni vādyāni)

• rodasī: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• rodasī: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rodas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्विवचनान्त-प्रातिपदिक), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• paryapūrayat: filled all around
• paryapūrayat: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + √pṝ (पूरणे धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—परि

• gīta-maṅgala-gīrbhiḥ: by auspicious words of song
• gīta-maṅgala-gīrbhiḥ: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta (प्रातिपदिक) + maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक) + gir (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (maṅgalāḥ gīraḥ / gītā maṅgalagīraḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• cāraṇaiḥ: by the Cāraṇas (bards)
• cāraṇaiḥ: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• anuvardhitaḥ: augmented; increased
• anuvardhitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu + √vṛdh (वृद्धौ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपसर्गः—अनु; विशेषणम् (ninādaḥ)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from narrative continuity in Adhyāya 12)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/saints (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast celestial festival over Kāśī: devas and Cāraṇas singing maṅgala, clouds of incense, banners, and a canopy of sound from divine drums, conches, and vīṇās filling heaven and earth.

Characters & Entities

• Cāraṇas
• Divine musical instruments

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sound—music, praise, and auspicious speech—magnifies devotion and sanctifies the entire cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is implied as the stage for this cosmic celebration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal prescription; the verse highlights maṅgala-gīti (auspicious singing) and devotional praise.