Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

केचिल्लौकिकगीतानि हरिनामानि हर्षिताः । उत्सवैश्च व्रजंत्यन्ये पताकादिविभूषिताः

Transliteration

kecillaukikagītāni harināmāni harṣitāḥ | utsavaiśca vrajaṃtyanye patākādivibhūṣitāḥ

Translation

Einige singen, freudig bewegt, weltliche Weisen, die den Namen Haris tragen; andere ziehen in Festprozessionen dahin, geschmückt mit Bannern und dergleichen.

Word by Word

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लौकिकगीतानि: worldly songs
• लौकिकगीतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लौकिक + गीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (लौकिकानि गीतानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हरिनामानि: names of Hari
• हरिनामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: हरेः नामानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हर्षिताः: delighted
• हर्षिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying ‘kecit’)

• उत्सवैः: with festivals
• उत्सवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction: and)

• व्रजन्ति: they go, proceed
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पताकादिविभूषिताः: adorned with flags and the like
• पताकादिविभूषिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पताका + आदि + विभूषित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पताकादिभिः विभूषिताः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying ‘anye’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jubilant pilgrim group advances with flags and streamers; singers lead with drums and cymbals, weaving Hari’s names into familiar folk tunes.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Nāma
• Utsava
• Patākā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even ordinary music becomes sacred when it bears Hari’s names, and communal festivals become vehicles of shared devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied festival-city where processions and public singing magnify the Māhātmya of the place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Utsava (festival observance) and nāma-saṅkīrtana (singing the divine names), including in public procession.