Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तदाकर्ण्य वचो विप्रा हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः । बभूवुः प्रमथाः सर्वे गंधर्वा गीततत्पराः

Transliteration

tadākarṇya vaco viprā harṣanirbharamānasāḥ | babhūvuḥ pramathāḥ sarve gaṃdharvā gītatatparāḥ

Translation

ആ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് ഋഷിമാർ ആനന്ദത്തിൽ നിറഞ്ഞു. എല്ലാ പ്രമഥരും ഒന്നിച്ചു കൂടി, ഗന്ധർവന്മാർ ഗാനത്തിൽ ലീനരായി।

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of ākarṇya

• ākarṇya: having heard
• ākarṇya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + kṛṇ/karṇ (धातु: √kṛ/√śru-समर्थ ‘to hear’) → ākarṇya
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) ‘having heard’

• vacaḥ: words
• vacaḥ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object (speech/words)

• viprāḥ: brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• harṣanirbharamānasāḥ: whose minds were filled with joy
• harṣanirbharamānasāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣa + nirbhara + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (येषां मानसं हर्षेण निर्भरम्) qualifying viprāḥ

• babhūvuḥ: became/were
• babhūvuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• pramathāḥ: Pramathas (Śiva’s attendants)
• pramathāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramatha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; adjective qualifying pramathāḥ

• gandharvāḥ: Gandharvas
• gandharvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• gītatatparāḥ: devoted to singing
• gītatatparāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gīta + tatpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (गीते तत्पराः = intent on singing) qualifying gandharvāḥ

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (celebration locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages with uplifted faces, Pramathas assembling in lively forms, Gandharvas poised in mid-song with instruments; the air vibrates with celebration.

Characters & Entities

• Vipras (sages)
• Pramathas
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred events generate collective joy and praise; devotion naturally expresses itself through kīrtana-like celebration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Gaṅgā-bank birth narrative; the tīrtha context is implicit rather than explicitly named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is prescribed; musical praise and rejoicing are described.