Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पुष्पैर्वृष्टिं तु मुञ्चंति मुखवाद्यानि चापरे । हसंति चापरे हृष्टा गर्जंति च तथापरे

Transliteration

puṣpairvṛṣṭiṃ tu muñcaṃti mukhavādyāni cāpare | hasaṃti cāpare hṛṣṭā garjaṃti ca tathāpare

Translation

ಕೆಲವರು ಪುಷ್ಪವೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ಸುರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು; ಇನ್ನೂ ಕೆಲವರು ಮುಖವಾಡ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಊದುತ್ತಾ ವಾದಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಕೆಲವರು ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ನಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು; ಮತ್ತವರು ಗರ್ಜಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು।

Word by Word

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• वृष्टिम्: a shower/rain (of flowers)
• वृष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• मुञ्चन्ति: release/let fall
• मुञ्चन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural

• मुखवाद्यानि: wind instruments (mouth-played instruments)
• मुखवाद्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + वाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुखेन वाद्यं), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Tatpurusha compound, Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; (अन्ये जनाः)

• हसन्ति: laugh
• हसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• हृष्टाः: delighted
• हृष्टाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; विशेषण (अपरे)

• गर्जन्ति: roar
• गर्जन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from first-person declarations in the same passage, vv. 11–13)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Devikā-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shower of blossoms descends like rain over a riverbank shrine; musicians blow conch-like and flute-like mouth instruments; groups laugh in exhilaration while others roar in triumphant acclamation, filling the sky with sound and petals.

Characters & Entities

• Flower-offering
• Divine musicians
• Īśa (implied Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion naturally overflows into offerings, music, and joyful praise when the divine is present.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, depicted as a supremely auspicious setting for Śiva’s worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering flowers and playing devotional music are shown as acts of pūjā, though not framed as a formal injunction.