तुंबुरुर्ना रदश्चोभौ देवानामतिदुर्लभौ । नादरूपी शिवः साक्षान्नादतत्त्वविदौ हि तौ
tuṃbururnā radaścobhau devānāmatidurlabhau | nādarūpī śivaḥ sākṣānnādatattvavidau hi tau
Si Tumburu at si Nārada—kapwa sila’y lubhang bihira kahit sa mga diyos. Sapagkat si Śiva mismo ang anyo ng Nāda, ang banal na tunog; at silang dalawa ay tunay na nakaaalam ng prinsipyo ng Nāda.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tumburu and Nārada depicted as celestial musicians, poised in reverent knowledge; behind them an abstract visualization of Śiva as vibrating nāda—concentric sound-waves emerging from a liṅga or from Śiva’s ḍamaru.
Mystic sound (Nāda) is divine; Śiva is identified with Nāda, and true musicians-sages are honored as knowers of that reality.
The teaching appears within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting, supporting Kāśī’s sanctity as a realm of Śiva and sacred sound.
No explicit ritual is given; the verse establishes a theological basis for devotional music and nāda-upāsanā.
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