Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तदा तूर्याण्यनेकानि नेदुर्वाद्यान्यनेकशः । आनीता जलमध्याच्च संवृता गोशतैरपि

Transliteration

tadā tūryāṇyanekāni nedurvādyānyanekaśaḥ | ānītā jalamadhyācca saṃvṛtā gośatairapi

Translation

Alors retentirent de nombreuses trompettes, et bien des instruments résonnèrent. Tirée du milieu des eaux, elle apparut aussi entourée de centaines de vaches.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• तूर्याणि: musical instruments
• तूर्याणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (तूर्याणि)

• नेदुः: sounded, resounded
• नेदुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमा-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वाद्यानि: instruments (to be played)
• वाद्यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: in many ways, repeatedly
• अनेकशः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘in many ways/abundantly’)

• आनीता: was brought
• आनीता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नीत (कृदन्त; √नी धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); विधेय-विशेषण (predicate participle)

• जलमध्यात्: from the middle of the water
• जलमध्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जलस्य मध्यः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• संवृता: was surrounded
• संवृता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-वृत (कृदन्त; √वृ धातु/√वृत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); विधेय-विशेषण

• गोशतैः: by hundreds of cows
• गोशतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गवां शतानि)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (particle: ‘also/even’)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand sonic panorama: trumpets and many instruments blare as Surabhī is brought up from mid-waters, encircled by hundreds of cows, forming a moving mandala around her.

Characters & Entities

• Surabhī (Kāmadhenu)
• Cows (gāvaḥ)
• Ocean/Waters

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine gifts that sustain life (symbolized by cows) are celebrated publicly, indicating their dharmic and auspicious importance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the Kedāra Khaṇḍa narration, part of the Kedāra-region mahatmya in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse foreshadows go-dāna (cow-gift) merit by highlighting Surabhī and her attendant cows.