Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

एवं महोत्सवो जज्ञे तत स्तुंबुरुपूर्वकैः । गीयमानेषु गीतेषु यथापूर्वं त्रिविष्टपे

Transliteration

evaṃ mahotsavo jajñe tata stuṃburupūrvakaiḥ | gīyamāneṣu gīteṣu yathāpūrvaṃ triviṣṭape

Translation

ଏଭଳି ଏକ ମହୋତ୍ସବ ଉଦ୍ଭବ ହେଲା; ତୁମ୍ବୁରୁ ଆଦିଙ୍କ ଗୀତଗାନ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ତାହା ପୂର୍ବକାଳର ତ୍ରିବିଷ୍ଟପ (ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ) ଉତ୍ସବ ପରି ପ୍ରତୀତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'thus'

• महोत्सवः: the great festival
• महोत्सवः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + उत्सव (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'the great festival'

• जज्ञे: arose/occurred
• जज्ञे: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — 'arose/was born'

• ततः: then
• ततः: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त) — 'then/thereupon'

• स्तुंबुरुपूर्वकैः: with Tumburu and others leading
• स्तुंबुरुपूर्वकैः: सहकारक (Instrumental of accompaniment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तुंबुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — 'with (those) headed by Tumburu'

• गीयमानेषु: while being sung
• गीयमानेषु: अधिकरण (Locative circumstance)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कर्मणि/आत्मनेपदी कृदन्त (being sung), सप्तमी, बहुवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग — 'while (they) are being sung'

• गीतेषु: in the songs
• गीतेषु: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन — 'in the songs'

• यथापूर्वम्: as before
• यथापूर्वम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय — 'as before, according to former manner'

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven
• त्रिविष्टपे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — 'in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand festival at the sacred site; Tumburu and other gandharvas sing; the setting appears like ancient heaven—pavilions, banners, garlands, and radiant devas in attendance.

Characters & Entities

• Tumburu
• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha-centered dharmic event is so sanctified that it mirrors heavenly celebration—suggesting the site’s extraordinary merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred kṣetra of the chapter is celebrated; the excerpt does not provide the proper name of the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes gandharva-led singing as an auspicious accompaniment.