Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा ऋषयः सिद्धचारणाः । नेदुः कलकलं तत्र तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम्

Transliteration

tato devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ | neduḥ kalakalaṃ tatra tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam

Translation

پھر دیوتا گندھروؤں کے ساتھ، اور رشی، سدھ اور چارن بھی—وہاں ایک زبردست، رونگٹے کھڑے کر دینے والا کَلکَل کا گونجتا ہوا شور برپا کرنے لگے۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• sa-gandharvāḥ: together with the Gandharvas
• sa-gandharvāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव (सह गन्धर्वैः) = 'together with Gandharvas'

• ṛṣayaḥ: the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• siddhacāraṇāḥ: Siddhas and Cāraṇas
• siddhacāraṇāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक) + cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (सिद्धाश्च चारणाश्च)

• neduḥ: they roared/sounded
• neduḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nad (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/परस्मैपद-लङ् (perfect-like past in epic usage) अथवा लुङ्-रूप; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम

• kalakalam: a loud clamor
• kalakalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• tumulam: tumultuous
• tumulam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tumula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् कलकलस्य

• lomaharṣaṇam: hair-raising
• lomaharṣaṇam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loma (प्रातिपदिक) + harṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोमानां हर्षणम्) विशेषणम् कलकलस्य

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Kalkaleśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (‘priye’ appears in the surrounding passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sacred shoreline/kshetra where devas, gandharvas, ṛṣis, siddhas, and cāraṇas gather in the sky and on earth, raising a thunderous, hair-raising chorus; the air vibrates with layered sound.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Ṛṣis
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas
• Kalakala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place is portrayed as cosmically recognized—divine beings celebrate it, and sacred sound becomes a sign of its power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s oceanic sacred region connected with the kalakala narrative (contextually tied to Kalakaleśa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a māhātmya-style glorification through a theophanic gathering and auspicious sound.