Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

त्रिरात्रोपोषितो यस्तु चतुर्मासान्सदा नयेत् । न स भूयोऽपि जायेत संसारेऽत्र कथंचन

Transliteration

trirātropoṣito yastu caturmāsānsadā nayet | na sa bhūyo'pi jāyeta saṃsāre'tra kathaṃcana

Translation

وأمّا من صام ثلاث ليالٍ ثم أقام نذر الأشهر الأربعة على وجهه، فيُقال إنه لا يعود يولد في هذا الدوران الدنيوي بحالٍ من الأحوال.

Word by Word

• trirātra-upoṣitaḥ: one who has fasted for three nights
• trirātra-upoṣitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + rātra + upoṣita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘उपोषित’ (m., nom., sg.)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (m., nom., sg.)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-बोधक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• caturmāsān: the four months (Cāturmāsya period)
• caturmāsān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (m., acc., pl.)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• nayet: should observe/should spend (time)
• nayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (opt., 3rd sg.)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (m., nom., sg.)

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• jāyeta: should be born
• jāyeta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (opt., 3rd sg.)

• saṃsāre: in the cycle of rebirth
• saṃsāre: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (m., loc., sg.)

• atra: here
• atra: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: here)

• kathaṃcana: in any way (at all)
• kathaṃcana: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in any way/at all)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Māhātmya-style narration in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs a three-night fast in a riverside shrine precinct, then continues cāturmāsya with steady worship; the wheel of saṃsāra fades behind, replaced by a calm, luminous path upward.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere fasting and sustained vow-observance are portrayed as powerful means toward liberation from saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the teaching is framed as a general Māhātmya of the Cāturmāsya discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A three-night fast (trirātra-upavāsa) followed by consistent observance of the four-month vow.