ताना एकोनपंचाश ताला एकोत्तरंशतम् । रागाः षडेव तेषां तु पंचपंचापि चांगनाः
tānā ekonapaṃcāśa tālā ekottaraṃśatam | rāgāḥ ṣaḍeva teṣāṃ tu paṃcapaṃcāpi cāṃganāḥ
తానాలు నలభై తొమ్మిది, తాళాలు నూట ఒకటి. రాగాలు ఆరు; వాటి ప్రతి ఒక్కదానికి ఐదు ఐదు ‘అంగనాలు’ (ఉపరాగాలు/సహచర రాగాలు) కూడా ఉండేవి.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (nāda-kṣetra ethos)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A schematic yet poetic visualization: a musician-singer surrounded by concentric circles labeled as 49 tānas and 101 tālas; six principal rāgas personified as regal figures, each with ten ‘consorts’ (five and five) as attendant maidens—an allegory of rāga-rāgiṇī tradition.
The Purāṇic narrative celebrates refined knowledge (music) as an outcome that can accompany karmic transformation in a sacred setting.
The broader glorification remains Kāśī-kṣetra within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s māhātmya.
None; this verse catalogs traditional musical categories (tāna, tāla, rāga and their associates).