Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

तदा डमरुनादेन नादितं भुवनत्रयम् । भेरीभांकारशब्देन शंखानां निनदेन च

Transliteration

tadā ḍamarunādena nāditaṃ bhuvanatrayam | bherībhāṃkāraśabdena śaṃkhānāṃ ninadena ca

Translation

Da erbebten die drei Welten vom Klang der ḍamaru, vom Dröhnen der Kesseltrommeln und vom widerhallenden Ruf der Muschelhörner.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• डमरुनादेन: by the sound of the ḍamaru drum
• डमरुनादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डमरु (प्रातिपदिक) + नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (डमरुणः नादः)

• नादितम्: resounded, made to sound
• नादितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘भुवनत्रयम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भुवनत्रयम्: the three worlds
• भुवनत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रीणि भुवनानि)

• भेरीभांकारशब्देन: by the sound of the kettle-drum’s blare
• भेरीभांकारशब्देन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेरी (प्रातिपदिक) + भांकार (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (भेर्याः भांकारः तस्य शब्दः)

• शंखानाम्: of conches
• शंखानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• निनदेन: by the roar/sound
• निनदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial celebration erupts: Śiva’s ḍamaru beats; bherī drums and conches sound; waves of sound ripple through layered realms (earth, mid-space, heaven), with gaṇas playing instruments around the Kedāra shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Ḍamaru
• Bherī
• Śaṅkha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When Śiva’s grace is revealed, the cosmos itself is portrayed as celebrating through auspicious sound.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, depicted as a stage for divine proclamation and celebration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it references auspicious instruments commonly associated with temple celebration and worship.