Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

यत्र देशे पुरे ग्रामे पंचरात्रं महोत्सवः । तत्र संवत्सरं यावन्नीरोगो भविता जनः

Transliteration

yatra deśe pure grāme paṃcarātraṃ mahotsavaḥ | tatra saṃvatsaraṃ yāvannīrogo bhavitā janaḥ

Translation

وفي أي أرضٍ—مدينةً كانت أو قرية—يُقام فيها المهرجان العظيم لِـ«بَنْجَراترا» خمسَ ليالٍ، يبقَ أهلُها أصحّاء بلا مرضٍ مدةَ سنة.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• देशे: in a region
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पुरे: in a city
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• ग्रामे: in a village
• ग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पञ्चरात्रम्: five nights (festival period)
• पञ्चरात्रम्: Karta/Avadhi (Subject/Extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः; अत्र कालावधि-निर्देशः

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘there’)

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Karma/Avadhi (Extent/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कालावधि

• यावत्: as long as; until
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (as long as)

• नीरोगः: free from disease; healthy
• नीरोगः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘जनः’)

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Periphrastic future/परस्मैपद-पर्यायभविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘भविता’ = will become/will be

• जनः: the people; a person
• जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Gautama (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcarātra Mahotsava

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic view of a city and village celebrating a five-night Pañcarātra festival—processions, lamps, offerings—while a protective aura signifies year-long freedom from disease.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcarātra
• Mahotsava
• Jana (people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective dharmic celebration and worship are portrayed as generating wellbeing not only for individuals but for entire communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The emphasis is universal—any place hosting the Pañcarātra mahotsava receives the blessing—rather than one named tīrtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Organizing/observing a Pañcarātra mahotsava (five-night grand festival) as a community act of worship.