Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मघोषमहारावैरापूरितनभोंगणे । शुभे तिथौ शुभे लग्ने ताराचंद्रबलान्विते

Transliteration

brahmaghoṣamahārāvairāpūritanabhoṃgaṇe | śubhe tithau śubhe lagne tārācaṃdrabalānvite

Translation

เมื่อท้องฟ้ากึกก้องเต็มไปด้วยมหาระรัวแห่งพรหมโฆษะ (เสียงสรรเสริญพระเวท) พิธีก็ประกอบในวันทิถีอันเป็นมงคล ในลัคนาอันเป็นมงคล พร้อมด้วยกำลังแห่งดาวและจันทร์ที่เกื้อหนุน

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मघोषमहारावैः: with Vedic chants and great roars
• ब्रह्मघोषमहारावैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मघोष (प्रातिपदिक) + महाराव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—ब्रह्मघोषैः च महारावैः च (Vedic chants and great roars)

• आपूरितनभोगणे: in the sky-region filled (with them)
• आपूरितनभोगणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + पूर् (धातु) + नभोगण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; समासः—नभोगण = नभसः गणः (sky-region); अर्थः ‘आपूरिते नभोगणे’ (in the sky-region filled)

• शुभे: on an auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (तिथौ इति पदेन सह)

• तिथौ: lunar day
• तिथौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• शुभे: at an auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (लग्ने इति पदेन सह)

• लग्ने: moment/ascendant (lagna)
• लग्ने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ताराचन्द्रबलान्विते: endowed with star- and moon-strength (favorable astrology)
• ताराचन्द्रबलान्विते: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तारा (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—ताराचन्द्रबलान्वित = तारा-चन्द्रयोः बलेन अन्वितः (endowed with the strength of stars and moon)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sky over Kāśī reverberating with Vedic chants; priests in rows reciting, smoke of incense rising; a ceremonial moment marked by astrologically auspicious symbols—moon, stars, and a highlighted lagna—over the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Moon (Candra)
• Stars (Tārā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma honors both sacred sound and sacred time—when mantra and auspicious timing align, a rite becomes powerfully beneficent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī remains the overarching sacred setting; the verse emphasizes auspicious timing rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ceremonies on a śubha tithi and śubha lagna, considering supportive tārā and candra bala, accompanied by brahma-ghoṣa (Vedic chanting).