Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

पवने व्योमसंप्राप्ते ध्वनिरुत्पद्यते महान् । घंटादीनां प्रवाद्यानां ततः सिद्धिरदूरतः

Transliteration

pavane vyomasaṃprāpte dhvanirutpadyate mahān | ghaṃṭādīnāṃ pravādyānāṃ tataḥ siddhiradūrataḥ

Translation

ពេលព្រាណវាយុឈានដល់អាកាសខាងក្នុង នឹងកើតមានសំឡេងដ៏មហិមា—ដូចសូរគង កណ្ដឹង និងឧបករណ៍តន្ត្រីផ្សេងៗ។ ពីនោះទៅ សិទ្ធិ (ភាពសម្រេច) មិនឆ្ងាយទេ។

Word by Word

• पवने: in the wind; in prāṇa-air
• पवने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• व्योमसम्प्राप्ते: when (it) has reached the sky/space
• व्योमसम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Sati-saptami/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्योम + सम्प्राप्त (सम्+प्र+आप्/आप्नोति धातु → सम्प्राप्त, क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; सति-सप्तमी; (व्योम-सम्प्राप्ते = when (it) has reached the sky/space)

• ध्वनिः: sound
• ध्वनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• उत्पद्यते: arises; is produced
• उत्पद्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महान्: great; loud
• महान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ध्वनिः)

• घण्टादीनाम्: of bells and the like
• घण्टादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घण्टा + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (घण्टा-प्रधान); षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन; (घण्टा-आदि = bells etc.)

• प्रवाद्यानाम्: of musical instruments
• प्रवाद्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + वाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• ततः: thereupon; from that
• ततः: Hetu/Apadana (Source/Cause sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय (adverb: 'thereupon/from that')

• सिद्धिः: success; accomplishment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• अदूरतः: not far away; soon
• अदूरतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अदूरतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय (adverb: 'not far/soon')

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meditator with subtle channels depicted as luminous lines; from the heart/inner sky emanate concentric sound-waves; tiny bell and drum motifs appear as symbolic overlays, indicating anāhata resonance; the outer world is quiet, Kāśī temples faint in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Prāṇa
• Nāda
• Ghaṇṭā (bell)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner sound (nāda) is presented as a sign of deepening yogic absorption and approaching accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Kāśī Khaṇḍa; the verse itself uses inner yogic imagery rather than external pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies continued prāṇic discipline leading to nāda-experience; no external rite is specified.