Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तदा डमरुनिर्घोषव्याप्तमासीज्जगत्त्रयम् । भेरीभांकारशब्देन शंखानां निनदेन च

Transliteration

tadā ḍamarunirghoṣavyāptamāsījjagattrayam | bherībhāṃkāraśabdena śaṃkhānāṃ ninadena ca

Translation

تب ڈمرُو کی گونج سے تینوں جہان بھر گئے؛ بھیر یوں کی گرج اور شنکھوں کی بلند صدا بھی ہر سو پھیل گئی۔

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• डमरु-निर्घोष-व्याप्तम्: pervaded by the sound of the ḍamaru-drum
• डमरु-निर्घोष-व्याप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: डमरु (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्घोष (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याप्त (कृदन्त; √व्याप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जगत्-त्रयम्: the three worlds
• जगत्-त्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भेरी-भांकार-शब्देन: by the sound of the kettle-drums
• भेरी-भांकार-शब्देन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेरी (प्रातिपदिक) + भांकार (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणवाचक (instrumental)

• शंखानाम्: of conches
• शंखानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• निनदेन: by the roar/sound
• निनदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणवाचक (instrumental)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi/audience in frame narrative (not specified in the given verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast Himalayan sacred landscape around Kedāra; the three worlds symbolically filled with the roar of ḍamaru, bherī, and conch-blasts as a divine procession begins.

Characters & Entities

• Ḍamaru
• Bherī (drums)
• Śaṅkha (conch)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sound marks divine presence—Śiva’s procession sanctifies the cosmos through mantra-like resonance and auspicious instruments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred environment, depicted as echoing with divine, world-filling auspicious sound.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse describes traditional auspicious instruments used in divine/temple processions.