Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
वेदाभ्यासपराश्चान्ये तारनादेन सर्वशः । नादयंतो दिशां चक्रं तत्र सम्यग्द्विजोत्तमाः
vedābhyāsaparāścānye tāranādena sarvaśaḥ | nādayaṃto diśāṃ cakraṃ tatra samyagdvijottamāḥ
ఇతర ఉత్తమ ద్విజులు వేదాభ్యాసంలో లీనులై, ‘తార’ నాదాన్ని సర్వత్రా ఉచ్చరిస్తూ అక్కడ దిక్చక్రాన్ని ప్రతిధ్వనింపజేశారు.
Narrator (contextual; not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Groups of dvijottamas seated in lines, mouths open in synchronized chant; visible ‘waves’ of sound suggested by stylized lines radiating to the four directions; perhaps birds pausing mid-flight, trees bending slightly, indicating the pervasion of mantra-sound.
FAQs
A tīrtha is sanctified not only by geography but by sacred sound—Vedic recitation and disciplined practice sustain dharma.
The verse describes a sacred gathering-place in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact tīrtha name is not specified in this line.
It highlights Veda-abhyāsa (Vedic recitation) with resonant chanting (tāra-nāda) as a meritorious practice.