Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
वाद्यभेदा आवाद्यंत तस्मिन्दैत्यसमागमे । गर्जमानास्तदा वीरस्तारकेण सहैव तु
Transliteration
vādyabhedā āvādyaṃta tasmindaityasamāgame | garjamānāstadā vīrastārakeṇa sahaiva tu
Translation
Bei jenem Dämonentreffen wurden verschiedene Instrumente gespielt; dann brüllte der Held, zusammen mit Tāraka, laut auf.
Word by Word
वाद्यभेदाःvarieties of musical instruments
वाद्यभेदाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवाद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वाद्यानां भेदाः)
आवाद्यन्तwere played/sounded
आवाद्यन्त:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वाद् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (आवाद्यन्त = they were played/sounded)
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दैत्यसमागमेin the gathering/assembly of the daityas
दैत्यसमागमे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानां समागमे)
गर्जमानाःroaring
गर्जमानाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√गर्ज् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formवर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present participle, Ātmanepada sense); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
तदाthen
तदा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
वीरःthe hero/warrior
वीरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन
तारकेणwith Tāraka
तारकेण:
Sahakaraka (Companion/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakaraka (Companion-marker/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
तुbut/and indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (adversative particle)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: At the demons’ gathering, varied instruments play; amid the din, the warrior with Tāraka roars—an audible assertion of power before battle.
Characters & Entities
T
TārakaD
Daitya-samāgamaV
VādyaFAQs
Boastful clamor precedes downfall; the Purāṇic narrative contrasts demonic arrogance with the steadiness of divine dharma.
No specific pilgrimage site is praised in this line; it functions as narrative escalation within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
None.