Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
मूर्द्धनिध्रियमाणानि सर्वतोग्राणि सर्वशः । ततो भेरीमहानादाः शंखाश्च विविधस्वनाः । पटहा गोमुखाश्चैव श्रृंगाणि विविधानि च
mūrddhanidhriyamāṇāni sarvatogrāṇi sarvaśaḥ | tato bherīmahānādāḥ śaṃkhāśca vividhasvanāḥ | paṭahā gomukhāścaiva śrṛṃgāṇi vividhāni ca
मूर्ध्नि धारितानि सर्वतोमुखानि सर्वशः । ततः भेरीमहानादाः शङ्खाश्च विविधस्वनाः । पटहाः गोमुखाश्चैव शृङ्गाणि विविधानि च निनदुः
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A gaṇa-procession with instruments held high: massive bhērīs, conches, paṭahas, gomukha-horns, and trumpets pointing in all directions, filling the sky with ceremonial war-sound.
FAQs
The thunder of sacred instruments signifies a turning point where divine will becomes manifest—dharma announces itself unmistakably.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative context is sacred, but this verse highlights the martial-spectral soundscape rather than a tīrtha.
None; it describes instruments and their resounding in the march toward the yajña.
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