Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

तस्मात्ततं च विततं घनं सुषिरमेव च । चामराणि महार्हाणि मंचकाः शयनानि च

Transliteration

tasmāttataṃ ca vitataṃ ghanaṃ suṣirameva ca | cāmarāṇi mahārhāṇi maṃcakāḥ śayanāni ca

Translation

C’est pourquoi qu’on offre et qu’on dispose des instruments de toute sorte—à cordes, à peaux tendues, massifs et à vent—ainsi que de précieux chāmara (éventails rituels), des couches et des lits.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apadana/Hetu (Ablative/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे ‘therefore/from that’

• tatam: stringed (instrument)
• tatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tata (प्रातिपदिक; √tan क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाद्य-भेदः (तत-वाद्य)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• vitatam: stretched/covered (instrument)
• vitatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitata (प्रातिपदिक; √tan क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाद्य-भेदः (वितत-वाद्य)

• ghanam: solid/percussion (instrument)
• ghanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाद्य-भेदः (घन-वाद्य)

• suṣiram: wind/hollow (instrument)
• suṣiram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suṣira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाद्य-भेदः (सुषिर-वाद्य)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/restriction)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• cāmarāṇi: yak-tail fans
• cāmarāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāmara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• mahārhāṇi: very precious
• mahārhāṇi: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + arh(a) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान्ति अर्हाणि)

• maṃcakāḥ: cots/benches
• maṃcakāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śayanāni: beds
• śayanāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storeroom and courtyard of the Kedāra temple filled with categorized instruments—stringed vīṇā-like, stretched-skin drums, solid idiophones, hollow flutes—alongside jeweled cāmaras, ornate couches and bedding prepared for festival service.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied)
• Śivālaya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service includes beautifying and supporting Śiva’s worship with offerings, music, and respectful arrangements.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra’s Śiva-temple culture of worship and offerings is the implied setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Providing musical instruments (four classes) and ritual/comfort items (cāmara, couches, beds) as upacāra/dāna for Śiva’s worship.