Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तंत्रीभ्यो वाद्यमानाभ्यो ब्राह्मणाः पतिता भुवि । सप्त स्वरास्ते विख्याता मूर्च्छिताः षड्जकादयः
taṃtrībhyo vādyamānābhyo brāhmaṇāḥ patitā bhuvi | sapta svarāste vikhyātā mūrcchitāḥ ṣaḍjakādayaḥ
Khi những dây đàn được gảy lên, các bà‑la‑môn ngã xuống mặt đất. Từ đó nổi danh là bảy âm giai, được sắp theo thứ tự, khởi đầu từ Ṣaḍja.
Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating)
Tirtha: Nāradeśvara (mythic authority via sapta-svara origin)
Type: kshetra
Scene: As Nārada plays, the vibrating strings emit overwhelming force; brāhmaṇas tumble to earth; from the resonances emerge the famed seven notes in ordered sequence beginning with Ṣaḍja.
FAQs
Sound (nāda) is treated as sacred and world-forming; Purāṇic lore links cultural arts to cosmic and dharmic origins.
The verse is part of the Nāradeśvara origin narrative within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, though it speaks broadly of cosmic events.
None; it provides an origin explanation (kathā) for the seven notes.