Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तदाकर्ण्य वचो विप्रा हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः । बभूवुः प्रमथाः सर्वे गंधर्वा गीततत्पराः

Transliteration

tadākarṇya vaco viprā harṣanirbharamānasāḥ | babhūvuḥ pramathāḥ sarve gaṃdharvā gītatatparāḥ

Translation

Als sie diese Worte hörten, waren die Weisen von Freude erfüllt. Alle Pramathas versammelten sich, und die Gandharvas widmeten sich dem Gesang.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of ākarṇya

• ākarṇya: having heard
• ākarṇya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + kṛṇ/karṇ (धातु: √kṛ/√śru-समर्थ ‘to hear’) → ākarṇya
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) ‘having heard’

• vacaḥ: words
• vacaḥ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object (speech/words)

• viprāḥ: brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• harṣanirbharamānasāḥ: whose minds were filled with joy
• harṣanirbharamānasāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣa + nirbhara + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (येषां मानसं हर्षेण निर्भरम्) qualifying viprāḥ

• babhūvuḥ: became/were
• babhūvuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• pramathāḥ: Pramathas (Śiva’s attendants)
• pramathāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramatha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; adjective qualifying pramathāḥ

• gandharvāḥ: Gandharvas
• gandharvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• gītatatparāḥ: devoted to singing
• gītatatparāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gīta + tatpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (गीते तत्पराः = intent on singing) qualifying gandharvāḥ

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (celebration locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages with uplifted faces, Pramathas assembling in lively forms, Gandharvas poised in mid-song with instruments; the air vibrates with celebration.

Characters & Entities

• Vipras (sages)
• Pramathas
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred events generate collective joy and praise; devotion naturally expresses itself through kīrtana-like celebration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Gaṅgā-bank birth narrative; the tīrtha context is implicit rather than explicitly named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is prescribed; musical praise and rejoicing are described.