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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तत्र गीतं प्रशंसंति नृत्यं चैव पृथग्विधम् । देवस्य पुरतः प्राज्ञाः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः

Transliteration

tatra gītaṃ praśaṃsaṃti nṛtyaṃ caiva pṛthagvidham | devasya purataḥ prājñāḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ

Translation

Là, devant la Divinité, les sages—versés dans tous les śāstra—louent le chant sacré et les diverses formes de danse.

Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place
गीतम्song; singing
गीतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगीत (प्रातिपदिक; √गै/गाय् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular (past participial noun: “song/singing”)
प्रशंसन्तिthey praise
प्रशंसन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शंस् (धातु) प्र-उपसर्ग
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Present indicative, 3rd person plural, parasmaipada
नृत्यम्dance
नृत्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनृत्य (प्रातिपदिक; √नृत् (धातु) यत्/ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक निपात) — indeclinable conjunction
एवindeed; just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अवधारणार्थक निपात) — emphatic particle
पृथग्विधम्of various kinds; separately classified
पृथग्विधम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Avyayibhava compound used adjectivally; Neuter, Acc., Singular (qualifying नृत्यम्)
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular
पुरतःin front of
पुरतः:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरतः (अव्यय/उपपद; पुरस्-शब्दात्)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक; उपपद) — indeclinable adverb/postposition “in front of” (governs genitive)
प्राज्ञाःthe wise (people)
प्राज्ञाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाःskilled in all scriptures
सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सर्व-शास्त्र-विशारद); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (qualifying प्राज्ञाः)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed as brāhmaṇottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A temple forecourt before the deity: learned brāhmaṇas and devotees perform sacred song and varied dances as offerings; lamps, banners, and musicians frame the sanctum.

FAQs

Refined devotional arts—song and dance—become offerings when performed before the deity with reverence.

The ongoing Kedāra-tīrtha setting where worship is performed in the deity’s presence.

Offering or approving gīta (devotional singing) and nṛtya (devotional dance) as forms of worship before the deity.

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