Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60
Devanagari script
ततोऽवाद्यंत तान्येव घनानि सुषिराणि च । कलगानपराः सर्वे सर्वे मृदंगवादिनः
Transliteration
tato'vādyaṃta tānyeva ghanāni suṣirāṇi ca | kalagānaparāḥ sarve sarve mṛdaṃgavādinaḥ
Translation
やがて、それらの楽器が奏でられた――堅く響く打楽の器も、空洞を鳴らす管・吹奏の器も。皆が拍節ある歌に心を寄せ、皆がムリダンガ（mṛdaṅga）の鼓手であった。
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; तदनन्तरम् (then)
अवाद्यन्तthey sounded/played
अवाद्यन्त:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवाद् (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातु: वाद् (to sound/play)
तानिthose
तानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; अत्र कर्म/उद्देश्य (those instruments)
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय
घनानिsolid (percussion) instruments
घनानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootघन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; वाद्यविशेष (solid/percussion instruments)
सुषिराणिhollow (wind) instruments
सुषिराणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुषिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; वाद्यविशेष (hollow/wind instruments)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunctive)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
कलगानपराःintent on melodious singing
कलगानपराः:
Visheshana (Adjectival)
TypeAdjective
Rootकलगान (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (कलगाने पराः); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (सर्वे)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वे (all)
सर्वेall (indeed)
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)
मृदंगवादिनःplayers of mṛdaṅga drums
मृदंगवादिनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमृदंग (प्रातिपदिक) + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (मृदंगं वादयन्ति इति); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A coordinated orchestra of gaṇas: percussion and wind instruments played together; singers keep measured melody while mṛdaṅga players drive the rhythm.
Characters & Entities
G
Ghana vādya (percussion)S
Suṣira vādya (wind instruments)M
MṛdaṅgaFAQs
Sound and rhythm become vehicles of sacred power—here, music functions as an omen and amplifier of divine presence.
Kedārakhaṇḍa provides the sacred setting; this verse does not name a specific tīrtha.
None directly; it notes collective performance of instruments and song.