Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

नानावादित्रघोषेण वेदध्वनियुतेन च । गीतैर्मनोहरैः पाठैर्बन्दिनां च सहस्रशः

Transliteration

nānāvāditraghoṣeṇa vedadhvaniyutena ca | gītairmanoharaiḥ pāṭhairbandināṃ ca sahasraśaḥ

Translation

伴随众多乐器的喧响，又有吠陀诵唱之声相和；更有动人歌咏与悦耳诵读，并有成千颂德之人随侍——

Word by Word

• नाना: various
• नाना: Viśeṣaṇa (Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नानार्थक (various/diverse) — समासपूर्वपदत्वेन प्रयुक्तम्

• वादित्रघोषेण: by the sound of musical instruments
• वादित्रघोषेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन (Instrumental singular); तत्पुरुषः “वादित्राणां घोषः” (sound of instruments)

• वेदध्वनियुतेन: accompanied by Vedic chanting
• वेदध्वनियुतेन: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वनि (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, युज्)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying घोषेण); “वेदध्वनिना युतः” (accompanied by Vedic recitation-sound)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• गीतैः: with songs
• गीतैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• मनोहरैः: charming
• मनोहरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया; बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying गीतैः/पाठैः)

• पाठैः: with recitations
• पाठैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• बन्दिनाम्: of bards/panegyrists
• बन्दिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand
• सहस्रशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/बहुत्ववाचक (adverb: “by thousands/in thousands”)

Speaker

Sūta (continued narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense celebratory sound-scene: musicians with drums, cymbals, conches; brāhmaṇas chanting Veda; singers performing; thousands of bandins (panegyrists) reciting praises; the wedding pavilion glows with lamps and garlands.

Characters & Entities

• Vedic chanting
• musical instruments
• bards (bandin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious celebration is sanctified when worldly festivity is harmonized with Vedic sound—music and mantra together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The festive description belongs to the Dvāravatī setting introduced in Adhyāya 73.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is prescribed; the verse describes maṅgala-śabda—Vedic chanting, recitations, and celebratory music.