Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

महोत्सवोऽथ संजज्ञे तस्मिन्स्थाने निरर्गलः । गीतवाद्यप्रणादेन येनविश्वं प्रपूरितम्

Transliteration

mahotsavo'tha saṃjajñe tasminsthāne nirargalaḥ | gītavādyapraṇādena yenaviśvaṃ prapūritam

Translation

پھر اس مقام پر ایک عظیم مہوتسو برپا ہوا، بے روک اور لبریز؛ گیتوں اور سازوں کی گونج سے گویا سارا جگ بھر گیا۔

Word by Word

• महोत्सवः: a great festival
• महोत्सवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘great festival’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/particle) ‘then/now’

• संजज्ञे: arose, came into being
• संजज्ञे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• निरर्गलः: unrestrained, unimpeded
• निरर्गलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + अर्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; महोत्सवः इति विशेषण ‘unrestrained/unchecked’

• गीतवाद्यप्रणादेन: by the resonance of song and instruments
• गीतवाद्यप्रणादेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत + वाद्य + प्रणाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by the sound of songs and instruments’

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे ‘by which’

• विश्वम्: the world
• विश्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रपूरितम्: filled
• प्रपूरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूर् (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘filled’ (विश्वम् इति कर्मणि विशेषण)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māhātmya-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, overflowing festival at the sacred spot: crowds of devas and celestial beings, banners and garlands, musicians with drums and lutes, singers in chorus; sound waves seem to fill the cosmos.

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places naturally become centers of joyous devotion; collective worship (music, praise, celebration) is portrayed as a dharmic offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “that place” within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the precise tīrtha-name is not stated in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; devotional celebration through song and instruments is highlighted.