Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा ऋषयः सिद्धचारणाः । नेदुः कलकलं तत्र तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम्

Transliteration

tato devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ | neduḥ kalakalaṃ tatra tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam

Translation

Darauf erhoben die Götter samt den Gandharvas—und auch die ṛṣi, Siddhas und Cāraṇas—dort ein mächtiges, schauererregendes Getöse, ein widerhallendes „kalakala“.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• sa-gandharvāḥ: together with the Gandharvas
• sa-gandharvāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव (सह गन्धर्वैः) = 'together with Gandharvas'

• ṛṣayaḥ: the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• siddhacāraṇāḥ: Siddhas and Cāraṇas
• siddhacāraṇāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक) + cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (सिद्धाश्च चारणाश्च)

• neduḥ: they roared/sounded
• neduḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nad (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/परस्मैपद-लङ् (perfect-like past in epic usage) अथवा लुङ्-रूप; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम

• kalakalam: a loud clamor
• kalakalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• tumulam: tumultuous
• tumulam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tumula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् कलकलस्य

• lomaharṣaṇam: hair-raising
• lomaharṣaṇam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loma (प्रातिपदिक) + harṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोमानां हर्षणम्) विशेषणम् कलकलस्य

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Kalkaleśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (‘priye’ appears in the surrounding passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sacred shoreline/kshetra where devas, gandharvas, ṛṣis, siddhas, and cāraṇas gather in the sky and on earth, raising a thunderous, hair-raising chorus; the air vibrates with layered sound.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Ṛṣis
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas
• Kalakala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place is portrayed as cosmically recognized—divine beings celebrate it, and sacred sound becomes a sign of its power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s oceanic sacred region connected with the kalakala narrative (contextually tied to Kalakaleśa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a māhātmya-style glorification through a theophanic gathering and auspicious sound.