Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

तदा महोत्सवो जातो देवपुर्यां निरंतरः । शंखतूर्यमृदंगानि नेदुर्दुंदुभयः समम्

Transliteration

tadā mahotsavo jāto devapuryāṃ niraṃtaraḥ | śaṃkhatūryamṛdaṃgāni nedurduṃdubhayaḥ samam

Translation

ครั้งนั้นในเทวปุรีบังเกิดมหามงคลมหาเทศกาลต่อเนื่องไม่ขาดสาย; สังข์ แตร มฤทังคะ และกลองดุนทุภี กึกก้องพร้อมเพรียงกัน

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• महोत्सवः: a great festival
• महोत्सवः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘महान् उत्सवः’ (a great festival)

• जातः: arose, occurred
• जातः: क्रिया (Predicate; became/occurred)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवपुर्याम्: in the city of the gods
• देवपुर्याम्: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवपुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘देवानां पुरी’ (city of the gods)

• निरन्तरः: continuous, unceasing
• निरन्तरः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of महोत्सवः)

• शङ्खतूर्यमृदङ्गानि: conches, trumpets, drums
• शङ्खतूर्यमृदङ्गानि: कर्ता (Subject; sound-makers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख + तूर्य + मृदङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (conches, trumpets, and drums)

• नेदुः: sounded, resounded
• नेदुः: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दुन्दुभयः: kettledrums
• दुन्दुभयः: कर्ता (Subject; sound-makers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• समम्: together, in unison
• समम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb; together/equally)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A continuous celestial festival in Devapurī: processions, banners, musicians blowing conches and trumpets, drummers on mṛdaṅga and dundubhi; the city glows with lamps and garlands.

Characters & Entities

• Devapurī
• Śaṅkha
• Tūrya
• Mṛdaṅga
• Dundubhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious sound and communal celebration mark the public establishment of order; dharmic rulership is affirmed through sacred festivity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Devapurī in Svarga; within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative, this verse focuses on the heavenly realm rather than a terrestrial tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied ceremonial music for a royal consecration (abhiṣeka), though no explicit rule of worship or vrata is stated.