Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पौषे नारायणं देवं माघमासे तु माधवम् । गोविन्दं फाल्गुने मासि विष्णुं चैत्रे समर्चयेत्

Transliteration

pauṣe nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ māghamāse tu mādhavam | govindaṃ phālgune māsi viṣṇuṃ caitre samarcayet

Translation

في شهر باوشا (Pauṣa) فليُعبد الإله نارايانا (Nārāyaṇa)؛ وفي ماغا (Māgha) مادهافا (Mādhava)؛ وفي فالغونا (Phālguna) غوڤيندا (Govinda)؛ وفي تشيترا (Caitra) فيشنو (Viṣṇu)، مع تقديم التعظيم اللائق كل شهر.

Word by Word

• पौषे: in Pauṣa (month)
• पौषे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नारायणम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण-समनाधिकरण (appositional)

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघमास (प्रातिपदिक: माघ + मास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• तु: and/then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• माधवम्: Mādhava
• माधवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• गोविन्दम्: Govinda
• गोविन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• फाल्गुने: in Phālguna
• फाल्गुने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• चैत्रे: in Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• समर्चयेत्: should worship duly
• समर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A four-panel sequence showing the same Viṣṇu icon receiving offerings, with month banners: Pauṣa–Nārāyaṇa, Māgha–Mādhava, Phālguna–Govinda, Caitra–Viṣṇu; seasonal cues shift subtly in each panel.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Mādhava
• Govinda
• Viṣṇu
• Pauṣa
• Māgha
• Phālguna
• Caitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time itself becomes sacred when each month is linked to a specific form-name of Viṣṇu and worship is made regular.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus is calendrical devotion (māsa-dharma), not a named pilgrimage site; it is taught within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Monthly pūjā: Nārāyaṇa in Pauṣa, Mādhava in Māgha, Govinda in Phālguna, Viṣṇu in Caitra.