Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

विश्वावसुर्नारदश्च तुंबुरुश्चैव गायकाः । जगुर्गंधर्वपतयोऽप्सरसो मधुरस्वराः

Transliteration

viśvāvasurnāradaśca tuṃburuścaiva gāyakāḥ | jagurgaṃdharvapatayo'psaraso madhurasvarāḥ

Translation

วิศวาวสุ นารท และตุ้มบุรุ—เหล่านักขับร้อง—ขับขานบทเพลง; เหล่าจ้าวแห่งคันธรรพะและอัปสราผู้มีเสียงหวานก็ร่วมขับร้องด้วย

Word by Word

• viśvāvasuḥ: Viśvāvasu (a Gandharva)
• viśvāvasuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāvasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• tuṃburuḥ: Tuṃburu
• tuṃburuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṃburu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• eva: indeed/also
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय — emphatic particle

• gāyakāḥ: singers
• gāyakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• jaguḥ: sang
• jaguḥ: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gai (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन — 3rd pl perfect; परस्मैपद

• gaṃdharvapatayaḥ: lords of the Gandharvas
• gaṃdharvapatayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃdharva (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गन्धर्वाणां पतयः)

• apsarasaḥ: Apsarases
• apsarasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• madhurasvarāḥ: sweet-voiced
• madhurasvarāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhura (प्रातिपदिक) + svara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; विशेषण (गायकाः/गन्धर्वपतयः/अप्सरसः इत्येषां)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahānagara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celestial singers—Viśvāvasu, Nārada with vīṇā, and Tumburu—lead choruses; Gandharva chiefs and sweet-voiced Apsarases surround them, singing as the divine dance continues.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāvasu
• Nārada
• Tumburu
• Gandharvas
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest devotion is universal: sages and celestial artists alike participate, teaching that praise of the divine unites all realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse emphasizes the sacred assembly; the exact tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes kīrtana-like praise by celestial beings.