Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

स च गीतं स्वयं चक्रे तालमादाय पाणिना । मूर्छातालकृतं रम्यं सप्तस्वरविराजितम्

Transliteration

sa ca gītaṃ svayaṃ cakre tālamādāya pāṇinā | mūrchātālakṛtaṃ ramyaṃ saptasvaravirājitam

Translation

แล้วเขาแต่งและขับร้องบทเพลงด้วยตนเอง กำกับตาละด้วยมือ เป็นบทอันไพเราะ จัดวางด้วยมูรฉาและจังหวะงดงาม โดดเด่นด้วยรัศมีแห่งเจ็ดสวระ

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• गीतम्: a song
• गीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘गीत’

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मकर्तृत्वे (oneself)

• चक्रे: made/performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; अर्थे ‘अकरोत्’

• तालम्: rhythm/beat
• तालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘आदाय’ = taking

• पाणिना: with (his) hand
• पाणिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• मूर्छातालकृतम्: made with melodic modes and rhythm
• मूर्छातालकृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्छा + ताल + कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मूर्छा-तालाभ्यां कृतम्)

• रम्यम्: charming
• रम्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• सप्तस्वरविराजितम्: adorned with the seven notes
• सप्तस्वरविराजितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + स्वर + विराजित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सप्तस्वरैः विराजितम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the deity, the devotee sings while marking tāla with his palm; the atmosphere glows with musical energy, as if the seven notes take visible form around the shrine.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional artistry—music offered with sincerity—becomes a form of worship and purifies the heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this line alone does not specify the tirtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering devotional music (gīta) with proper rhythm (tāla) and melodic structure as part of worship.